The rise, the corporate mentioned, was primarily attributable to “anticipated larger cease loss medical prices” and the lingering affect of Medicare Benefit operations that Cigna has since divested. The sale of its Medicare companies to Well being Care Service Company (HCSC), guardian of a number of Blue Cross and Blue Defend plans, closed in late March. That transaction included Medicare Benefit, Medicare Half D, supplemental advantages and CareAllies, a medical companies administration enterprise.