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From the release of its fourth-quarter earnings to suing over an executive's departure to a competitor, here are 10 stories about Cigna that Becker's has reported since Jan. 17:  

Blue Shield of California is expanding its partnership with digital diabetes reversal program Virta Health. 

Centene posted a net loss of $213 million in the last three months of 2022 despite reporting 15 percent growth in total revenue year-over-year, according to its fourth quarter earnings published Feb. 7.

CVS Health made a $10.6 billion move to acqurie Oak Street Health, named new esecutives and scored big contracts in recent weeks. 

A data breach has affected 300,000 Highmark Inc. health plan members. 

Health Care Service Corp. — the Blue Cross Blue Shield licensee for five states — said an email error caused former beneficiaries to receive claims, The Hill reported Feb. 3. 

Around 20 percent of Medicare enrollees are also enrolled in Medicaid benefits, according to a report from Kaiser Family Foundation published Jan. 31. 

Kaiser Permanente will refund 7,600 members in Colorado after a software update incorrectly calculated how much members had paid toward their deductibles, the Denver Post reported Feb. 3. 

Humana is appointing new executives and expanding CenterWell, its primary care business. 

CMS is lacking data on how Medicare Advantage supplemental benefits are used, according to a report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office.