Cigna plans to offer a virtual-first health plan to select employers through MDLive. It plans to pilot the concept with large, self-insured companies, before extending it to smaller clients and fully-insured businesses, MedCity reports.
The plan would feature virtual visits with MDLive’s primary care providers for no copay, as well as help managing chronic conditions and care navigation.
Competitors UnitedHealthcare and Aetna have announced plans to roll out their own renditions of virtual primary care plans. They also are dropping copays to steer patients to virtual visits with physician practices that they own. Read more.
