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Centene Corp. saw its revenue and profit climb in the first quarter of fiscal year 2021 as the insurer continues to benefit from its WellCare Health Plans deal and lower medical use during the pandemic. 

Cigna CEO David Cordani sold 6,207 shares of the company's stock on April 21, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing and MarketBeat.

CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield has appointed Tich Changamire, MD, PhD, as its new CMO.

Sixteen U.S. senators signed a letter to President Joe Biden April 25 requesting an expansion of Medicare benefits and to lower the eligibility age to 50.

CMS will allocate $80 million in grants to navigators for its health insurance marketplace in 2022, marking the largest funding amount CMS has made available to the program to date, according to an April 21 press release from HHS.

IngenioRx, Anthem's pharmacy benefit manager, had an operating revenue of $5.9 billion in the first quarter of 2021, up 12.8 percent year over year, according to recent financial statements.

Here are five deals involving health plans that have been announced in April: 

Cigna is selling its Medicaid contracts in Texas to Molina Healthcare for $60 million, according to an April 22 news release.

Amy Khan, MD, executive medical director of Regence Health Plan, and James Grant, MD, chief medical officer of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, each joined "Becker's Payer Issues Podcast" to discuss the pandemic and what they've learned about making…

Cigna is introducing incentives to its employees to encourage COVID-19 vaccinations.