Cigna's Evernorth Health Services said on Wednesday its actions will enhance transparency about the company's negotiations.
Between 2017 and 2022, UnitedHealth Group’s Optum, Cigna’s Express Scripts and CVS Health’s CVS Caremark marked up their prices by hundreds — and in some cases, thousands — of percent, resulting in $7.3 billion in revenue above cost.
Cigna has deleveraged substantially after acquiring Express Scripts in late 2018 when Cigna's debt rose to over $42 billion, or debt/capital of 51%. Management has made good progress on its deleveraging goal in recent years through debt repayment and profit growth.
CEO David Cordani highlighted Cigna's full-year revenue growth of $247 billion, a 27% increase, alongside adjusted EPS of $27.33, which fell short of expectations. He reaffirmed the company's long-term growth target of 10%-14% annually and announced plans to leverage proceeds from the Medicare business sale for share repurchases.
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Fresh off underperforming Wall Street’s expectations in the fourth quarter, Cigna said it would work to lower costs for its customers amid widespread discontent with the healthcare system.
Healthcare stocks have been under the weather for the past few years, underperforming the broader market’s rally despite surges for obesity drugmakers Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk. But the sector is off to a healthy start in 2025.
In a recent antitrust arbitration ruling, Prime Therapeutics, a pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) owned by 19 Blue Cross and Blue Shield Plans, was found guilty of engaging in horizontal price-fixing in collaboration with Express Scripts,
As the rising cost of insulin continues to make it difficult for so many diabetic patients to receive life-saving care, Insulin Outlet is stepping up to help by providing safe, affordable, and accessible insulin to those who need it most.
Independent drugstores are closing at an alarming rate, squeezed by the huge companies that reimburse pharmacies for costly medications.
Oklahoma's attorney general has accused CVS's Caremark pharmacy benefit manager unit of under-reimbursing pharmacies for prescription drugs.