Here are seven updates about Aetna and parent company CVS Health Becker’s has reported since June 5.
- CVS Health and former Cigna executive Amy Bricker are appealing a St. Louis federal judge’s decision to grant a preliminary injunction barring her from working for CVS while a lawsuit over her noncompete clause moves forward.
- The nation’s retail pharmacy giants are playing an important role in Medicaid redeterminations through payer-agnostic outreach and education initiatives aimed at customers and employees in all 50 states. Here’s how CVS Health and Walgreens are educating consumers about the process.
- New York City Mayor Eric Adams is overriding the city comptroller’s attempt to block the implementation of its contract with Aetna to administer a Medicare Advantage plan for 250,000 city retirees.
- CVS Health has grown from a single store to a healthcare giant, operating pharmacies, a major insurer and primary and home care clinics, including acquiring Aetna in a $70 billion deal in 2018. Here are 50 things to know about CVS Health and its subsidiaries.
- Oklahoma awarded three payers, including Aetna, its first Medicaid managed care contracts.
- A federal judge in North Carolina certified class action status June 5 in a lawsuit alleging Aetna and OptumHealth Care Solutions conspired to use “dummy code” to make administrative fees appear to be billable medical charges.
- Kyu Rhee, MD, joined the medical advisory board at Found, which offers a virtual weight loss program, including GLP-1 prescriptions. Dr. Rhee served as Aetna’s chief medical officer at CVS Health from 2021 to earlier this year.
