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Evernorth to expand in New Castle, add speciality pharmacy

Betsy PriceBusiness, Headlines

Cigna Group’s Evernorth Health Services will use a $4.62 million state grant to expand into a bigger building in New Castle and add employees over the next four years. The move will group several of Cigna’s companies — Evernorth, its specialty pharmacy Accredo Health Group and its specialty pharmaceutical distributor, CuraScript SD together for  distribution of millions of doses of specialty …

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State auditor says pharmacy benefits company should pay $24.5 million back

Betsy PriceGovernment, Headlines

Saying Delaware state employees paid three times the average drugs costs from 2018 through 2020, state Auditor Kathy McGuiness believes Express Scripts should pay Delaware back $24.5 million. “While the national drug inflationary rate was 4.7 percent during those three years, Delaware paid a 20.1 percent increase in prescription costs,” she said in a press release. “That’s an abuse of …