From selling its Medicare Advantage business to shuffling its executive lineup, here are seven updates on Cigna that Becker’s has reported since March 13.
1. Cigna Healthcare offers the best digital experience to commercial members, according to J.D. Power’s 2025 U.S. Healthcare Digital Experience Study.
2. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission’s lawsuit against major pharmacy benefit managers, including UnitedHealth Group’s Optum, CVS Health’s Caremark and Cigna’s Express Scripts, over insulin pricing practices is set to move forward after being paused. FTC chair Andrew Ferguson said April 3 that he would no longer recuse himself from the case, clearing the way for the lawsuit to resume.
3. Cigna’s Express Scripts has emerged as the largest pharmacy benefit manager in the U.S. by market share, overtaking long-time leader CVS Caremark, according to a report from the Drug Channels Institute.
4. Cigna closed the sale of its Medicare Advantage business to Health Care Service Corp.
5. Cigna Group CEO David Cordani earned $23.3 million in 2024, according to the company’s annual proxy report.
6. Cigna and Philadelphia-based Jefferson Health reached a new contract agreement after three weeks of being out of network.
7. The Cigna Group shuffled its executive lineup, appointing a new COO and a new CFO, while the CEO of Evernorth is set to depart.
