Michigan Blues to change pharmacy benefit manager from Express Scripts to OptumRx
State s largest health insurer renewed contract with Express Scripts just in 2018
Michigan Blues says new arrangement will increase access, lower costs for prescription drugs
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Blue Care Network have decided to change pharmacy benefit managers to help reduce prescription prices and more effectively deliver services to members.
The switch from St. Louis-based Express Scripts Inc. to Irvine, Calif-based OptumRx will take effect Jan. 1, 2022, for commercial individual and group members, and Jan. 1, 2023, for Medicare individual and group members, the Michigan Blues said in a statement.
Cigna Adds Iora Health to Growing Medicare Advantage Network
Expanded primary care network makes it easier for Medicare Advantage patients to access enhanced primary care designed specifically for them
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NASHVILLE, Tenn., Jan. 6, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Cigna Corporation, a global health service company, has added Iora Health, an innovative primary care provider group, to its rapidly expanding Medicare Advantage (MA) network. Cigna Medicare Advantage customers will have access to Iora s primary care practices under the Iora Primary Care brand across the country, effective immediately. The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the need for easier and more accessible primary care for seniors, said Aparna Abburi, president of Cigna s Medicare Advantage business. As Cigna continues to expand its Medicare Advantage network we are building partnerships with innovative providers like Iora Health, which shares our focus on delivering affo
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New York Times, we see a good example of how blind elite media are to policies on the last half century and how much they prefer to focus upon sins of white racism in the increasingly distant past:
FERGUSON, Mo.
… The origins of the area’s complex social and racial history date to the 19th century when the city of St. Louis and St. Louis County went their separate ways, leading to the formation of dozens of smaller communities outside St. Louis. Missouri itself has always been a state with roots in both the Midwest and the South, and racial issues intensified in the 20th century as St. Louis became a stopping point for the northern migration of Southern blacks seeking factory jobs in Detroit and Chicago.
Portland, Ore.: Lately, I have been reflecting on what I have in common with extremists. I hold their same passions for change, an ability to withstand discomfort and I share a lack of tolerance for passivity and denial.
Cigna Institutes Quarterly Cash Dividend and Declares First Quarterly Dividend; Announces Investor Day on March 8, 2021
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BLOOMFIELD, Conn., Jan. 6, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Global health services company Cigna Corporation (NYSE: CI) today announced that its Board of Directors has instituted a quarterly cash dividend and declared the first quarterly cash dividend of $1.00 per share of Cigna common stock to be paid on March 25, 2021 to shareholders of record as of the close of trading on March 10, 2021. Cigna has a long track record of effective capital deployment, and our initiation of a quarterly dividend demonstrates our confidence in our ongoing ability to drive growth as we meet the needs of those we serve, said David M. Cordani, president and chief executive officer. We are excited to share more at our Investor Day on March 8, 2021 about the strategic positioning of our businesses, drivers of ongoing, differentiated grow