Cigna's Evernorth Health Services said on Wednesday its actions will enhance transparency about the company's negotiations.
Fresh off underperforming Wall Street’s expectations in the fourth quarter, Cigna said it would work to lower costs for its customers amid widespread discontent with the healthcare system.
Cigna executives kicked off Thursday’s earnings call by responding to pharmacy benefit manager critics with a number of reforms.
Pharmacy benefit managers overcharged for specialty generic medications — in many cases by hundreds and thousands of percent — for billions in profits, according to a report from the Federal Trade Commission,
Oklahoma's attorney general has accused CVS's Caremark pharmacy benefit manager unit of under-reimbursing pharmacies for prescription drugs.
Between 2017 and 2022, UnitedHealth Group’s Optum, Cigna’s Express Scripts and CVS Health’s CVS Caremark marked up their prices by hundreds — and in some cases, thousands — of percent, resulting in $7.3 billion in revenue above cost.
Pharmacies across Oklahoma say they are losing hundreds of thousands of dollars because they say a company, CVS Caremark, is supposed to reimburse them for prescriptions and isn't holding up their end of the bargain.
The lawsuit filed by Attorney General Gentner Drummond will be the first case heard in the newly established Pharmacy Benefit Management Administrative Courts.
Attorney General Gentner Drummond sued CVS Caremark Tuesday in an Oklahoma administrative court alleging that the company is under reimbursing pharmacies for prescription drugs.
Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond filed a lawsuit against CVS Caremark, alleging multiple pharmacy benefit management (PBM) violations.The lawsuit, fil
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Cigna has deleveraged substantially after acquiring Express Scripts in late 2018 when Cigna's debt rose to over $42 billion, or debt/capital of 51%. Management has made good progress on its deleveraging goal in recent years through debt repayment and profit growth.