Top Stories: Patient information exposed in PharMerica breach

A long-term care pharmacy company has been the victim of a data breach. How bad was it? This week’s Top Stories will assess the damage situation and cover other big news, including the fate of CVS’s clinical trials business and updates to its digital menopause care platform.

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Talking points:

• Farmerica and its parent company Bright Spring Health Services said they learned of suspicious activity on their computer network in March.
• Names, dates of birth, social security numbers, medication lists, and health insurance information were exposed.
• The closure of the clinical trials business is part of CVS’s effort to focus on its core business.
• Gennev, a digital menopause care delivery platform, has announced that it has become an in-network provider for most of Aetna’s commercial health plans nationwide.

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