Evernorth & Kaiser Permanente Enter Strategic Collaboration

On April 19, 2022, Evernorth, Cigna’s health services business, and Kaiser Permanente (KP) a large health maintenance organization (HMO) started a five-year strategic collaboration. The collaboration has two initial initiatives: one is focused on services for KP members who are outside a KP service area, and the other is focused on specialty pharmacy. The collaboration has the potential to extend to additional areas during the course of the agreement. Financial terms for these arrangements were not disclosed.

The service collaboration begins in August 2022. KP’s commercial HMO and its exclusive provider organization (EPO) members who need urgent . . .