Healthcare Innovation November 13, 2021
Geert De Lombaerde

The insurer is focusing first on self-funded plans with its new offering

Building on its acquisition this spring of MDLive, the Bloomfield, Conn.-based Cigna Corporation last month become the latest insurer to roll out a virtual-first health plan. And while that offering focuses on primary, urgent, behavioral and dermatology care, CFO Brian Evanko last week said the company will push other services to its digital platform.

The new plans from Cigna will be available Jan. 1 and will initially be offered only to self-funded clients. Evanko said early interest in the option – which lives on the MDLive platform Cigna bought in April for a little more than $2 billion in cash – has been “strong” and is giving the...

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Topics: Digital Health, Health IT, Insurance, Patient / Consumer, Payer, Provider, Self-insured, Technology, Telehealth
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