Here are seven updates about the Cigna Group Becker’s has reported since May 23.
- A Cigna Healthcare study found administering pegfilgrastim, an injection used to prevent infection in cancer patients, in a home setting increased patient outcomes compared to administration in a nonhome setting.
- Pittsburgh-based Allegheny Health Network could go out of network with Cigna July 1 if the two are unable to reach a new contract.
- A federal judge in St. Louis issued a preliminary injunction barring former Cigna executive Amy Bricker from working for CVS Health while a lawsuit over her noncompete clause moves forward.
- In-home healthcare company Monogram Health named former Cigna leader Casey McKeon COO. Mr. McKeon most recently served as general manager of strategy and operations for Cigna’s government business segment.
- Eight Florida hospitals can pursue a lawsuit against Cigna after a federal appeals court on May 25 overturned a lower court’s ruling in favor of the payer. The hospitals filed a lawsuit against Cigna in 2020 alleging that Cigna paid less than the community rate for care provided to the insurer’s members, according to court records.
- Cigna added 1.4 million new commercial members in the first quarter of 2023.
- The Cigna Group is again delaying implementation of a policy that would have required the submission of medical records when using modifier 25 for all evaluation and management claims billed with CPT codes 99212-99215 and a minor procedure.
