Lower MA, Individual Enrollment Estimates Dim Cigna 4Q Earnings

  • Feb 04, 2022

    Although Cigna Corp. ended 2021 with earnings that exceeded Wall Street expectations, the company also reported continued struggles with elevated medical costs last year. Further, the insurer disclosed that it expects less Medicare Advantage growth than it originally anticipated in 2022 and a decline in individual/family plan enrollment.

    For the fourth quarter of 2021, Cigna reported adjusted earnings per share (EPS) of $4.77, beating the consensus estimate of $4.50. Cigna’s full-year adjusted EPS was $20.47, reflecting year-over-year growth of 11% that the company said was largely driven by the Evernorth health services segment.

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  • Leslie Small

    Leslie has been working in journalism since 2009 and reporting on the health care industry since 2014. She has covered the many ups and downs of the Affordable Care Act exchanges, the failed health insurer mega-mergers, and hundreds of other storylines spanning subjects such as Medicaid managed care, Medicare Advantage, employer-sponsored insurance, and prescription drug coverage. As the managing editor of Health Plan Weekly and Radar on Drug Benefits, she writes and edits for both publications while overseeing a small team of reporters who also focus on the managed care sector. Before joining AIS Health, she was a senior editor for the e-newsletter Fierce Health Payer, and she started her career as a copy editor at multiple local newspapers. She graduated with a dual degree in journalism and political science from Penn State University.

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