The Cigna Group is pushing for more employees to return to the office and reintroducing paperwork demands.
Here are seven updates about the Bloomfield, Conn.-based payer Becker's has covered since March 30.
- Cigna physicians deny large batches of claims without reviewing them first, a process that may save the company millions of dollars every year when members don't appeal, according to a March ProPublica report.
- Louisville, Ky.-based Norton Healthcare could go out of network with Cigna if the sides are unable to reach a new contract by May 15. The two sides have been working to reach a new contract since last year.
- The Cigna Group is pushing for more of its employees to return to the office. In an email to employees, CEO David Cordani said the company's ultimate goal is to bring the number of employees working in-office close to pre-pandemic levels.
- The California Medical Association is pushing back on a paperwork demand reintroduced by Cigna, arguing that the requirement "will result in significant, unnecessary administrative burdens and compliance costs."
- Cigna named Jamie Jones general manager of its group employer business in New York and New Jersey.
- Cigna CEO David Cordani received $21 million in total compensation in 2022.
- Cigna-HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company received an estimated $6.24 million in Medicare Advantage overpayments in 2016 and 2017, according to an HHS Office of Inspector General audit.