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Cigna and digital diabetes prevention program Omada Health are once again expanding their relationship, offering Omada's services to all of Cigna's regional and national employer customers, representing a significant portion of Cigna members.

Voice assistants are finding their way into a growing number of consumer homes, leading an ever-increasing number of healthcare companies to investigate how these connected technologies can be used to improve patients' health and deliver pertinent information directly to the individual.

As technology increases in the healthcare arena more and more venture firms are turning their attention to digital health.

Connected thermometers track flu season.

Some 80 percent of people were more motivated to manage their health after using an activity tracker, according to a randomized control trial from March 2014 of 600 patients who are pre-diabetic and morbidly obese.

Cigna Envoy, the insurance company's app for American employees living abroad, has added a mobile claims function that allows users to file a claim by taking a picture of a receipt.

The big health payer news last week was that Aetna was mulling the acquisition of one or more of its competitors: particularly Humana or Cigna.

Cigna has updated its health coaching app, called Coach by Cigna, which aims to help users improve their health by making healthier lifestyle decisions.