The South Asian population is one of the fastest growing ethnic groups within the United States. The community is diverse – comprised of individuals with roots in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka – and faces a number of health care disparities.

Cigna has been named #24 on DiversityInc’s Top 50 Companies for Diversity. To celebrate this prestigious award, we look at some of Cigna's achievements and how we are fostering a more diverse, inclusive, and equitable business culture and building healthier communities for those we serve.

In this exclusive interview, Katya Andresen, chief digital and analytics officer at Cigna, talks through some of the barriers for digital transformation in health care, why the time is ripe for opportunities, and how Cigna is betting on a test-and-learn, consumer-centric culture to accelerate innovation.

The stresses and strains of the COVID-19 pandemic have also had an impact on substance use. According to research, about 49% of the U.S. workforce has either an alcohol or substance misuse problem. We look at some of the ways employers can make the space for people with an alcohol or drug misuse problem to come forward and get help.

Ginger founder Karan Singh sits down with us to talk about mental health and how digital technology has the power to remove barriers to access and bring more personalized care to all.

We need to move beyond looking only at physical health – and understand that the mind and the body are connected and both contribute to health and well-being.

Being a doctor is both one of the most challenging and rewarding professions out there. To celebrate National Doctor’s Day, we’ve reached out to just some of the MDs working at Cigna and asked them to share what they find most rewarding in their work.

David Evans and Associates, Inc., partnered with Cigna to reimagine its employee well-being strategy during the pandemic. The professional services consultancy moved away from just focusing on physical health to providing employees with more holistic support.

COVID-19 has had a devastating impact on the health and well-being of children.

According to new research from AHIP, the cost to patients and their health plans is particularly high when specialty drugs are administered to patients in a hospital setting. The key finding: Specialty pharmacies are the more affordable option.