SAN FRANCISCO — Cigna and Centene have bowed out of this year’s J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference, a possible sign that leaders of large health care companies are looking to avoid public appearances in light of the assassination of a high-profile executive last month.
The health insurance giants are among 11 major companies that dropped out of the industry’s main investor event, according to the final agenda posted by J.P. Morgan. STAT compared the initial schedule that J.P. Morgan circulated on Dec. 11 with the final agenda that was shared on Sunday ahead of the conference.
Others that no longer appear on the final list of presenters: pharmacy chain Walgreens, medical device maker BD, insurer Oscar Health, physician practice management firm Agilon Health, medical device maker Inari Medical, biotech firm Applied Therapeutics, post-acute provider PACS, biotech firm IGM, and U.S. Physical Therapy, a chain of PT clinics.
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