Cigna’s new chief medical officer starts as other execs depart the company

Name: Dr. Amy Flaster

Previous title: Chief medical officer, Cigna Healthcare

New title: Chief medical officer, Cigna

Flaster joined Cigna late last year as the CMO of the Connecticut-based company’s health insurance arm. But now, she’s stepping into an expanded role as CMO of the entire business, encompassing both Cigna Healthcare and health services division Evernorth.

Starting Nov. 1, Flaster is leading Cigna’s efforts to improve clinical performance, including testing and introducing new care models, overseeing providers and determining where technology could be an asset.

Flaster, a practicing primary care physician, started her career at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston before founding a health IT platform for advance directive documentation, according to her Link