Before complex medical treatments, tests, or certain medications qualify for coverage or payment, a “prior authorization” from a patient’s health insurance provider may be required. These authorizations can play an important role in keeping patients safe, improving health outcomes and care experiences, and reducing unnecessary costs.

Comprehensive and personalized care experiences improve health outcomes, reduce overall costs, and make the patient journey less arduous by connecting care touchpoints.

When you or a loved one has a medical emergency or serious issue, choosing how and where to seek help can be overwhelming. We asked Dr. Peter W. McCauley Sr., a medical officer for Cigna Healthcare, for tips on when to visit an emergency room, an urgent care center, or a virtual care provider.

We explore how truly integrated benefits that connect medical, behavioral health and pharmacy data can lead to better management of health care costs and improved health outcomes for employees and their families.

The Newsroom sat down with Marcus Garcia, senior director of payer and strategy relations at Rocky Mountain Cancer Centers to discuss the benefits of doctors referring patients to infusion centers.

If you don’t have health insurance through your job, choosing a health plan can feel overwhelming – but with the right information, finding affordable, quality healthcare can be simple.

As promising biosimilar therapies to treat inflammatory conditions become available next year, Cigna Pharmacy, which manages pharmacy benefits for some Cigna clients, is announcing that it will add select biosimilars as preferred products on its commercial formularies at the same position as Humira.

Cigna Healthcare has found that the average annual price of therapy for specialty drugs is $38,000 per patient, which is 75 times higher than non-specialty prescription drugs.

Cigna Healthcare has partnered with Alegis Care to offer home visits to Medicare Advantage customers living with multiple chronic health conditions.

High medical costs are inevitable. But they’re also predictable and manageable with the right data. Employers must understand the needs of their employees, in order to anticipate, address and manage high medical costs.