Behavioral Health Business August 12, 2022
Behavioral health remains a primary focus for Cigna Corp. (NYSE: CI) as it and its services arm Evernorth continue to address the growing demand for behavioral health services.
Evernorth behavioral health network has doubled over the last five years, the company revealed last week in its second-quarter earnings call.
In a recent interview, Dr. Doug Nemecek, Evernorth’s chief medical officer for behavioral health, told Behavioral Health Business that the network presently includes more than 250,000 providers.
A psychiatrist by training, Nemecek said that Evernorth seeks to fill the gaps in behavioral health specifically — and anywhere it can in health care generally — with all of the capabilities that Cigna can offer. But if it can’t, it will find innovative...
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