From naming a successor to its retiring CEO to defeating a class action over GLP-1 coverage exclusions, here are 10 updates on the Cigna Group and its subsidiaries that Becker’s has reported since Feb. 13:
1. Cigna was named to Fortune and Statista’s fourth annual list of “America’s Most Innovative Companies.”
2. Cigna Healthcare — Cigna’s health benefits division — named Stanley Crittenden, MD, as chief medical officer.
3. The Maryland Insurance Administration issued Cigna an $80,000 fine and is requiring the insurer to stop automatic downcoding under a recent policy.
4. Express Scripts generated $80.5 billion in prescription dispensing revenue, ranking fourth among U.S. pharmacies in 2025.
5. The American College of Radiology is supporting a call from 10 medical specialty societies and academies urging Cigna Healthcare and UnitedHealthcare to update their coverage policies for peripheral nerve stimulation used to treat chronic pain.
6. The Cigna Group’s COO and president, Brian Evanko, will take on the role of CEO upon David Cordani’s retirement July 1.
7. CarepathRx joined Evernorth Health Services, a division of the Cigna Group.
8. A federal appeals court handed a win to Cigna, affirming the dismissal of a class action lawsuit that alleged the insurer’s exclusion of weight loss drug coverage amounted to disability discrimination against members with obesity.
9. Two Connecticut cities filed federal lawsuits against Cigna, CVS Health and UnitedHealth Group — targeting their pharmacy benefit managers — over an alleged “insulin pricing scheme.”
10. Cigna’s Evernorth partnered with Direct Relief to create a donation pathway that routes unused prescription medications from pharmacies directly to disaster response efforts.
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