CIGNA extends Healthways contract

Healthways Inc., a Nashville-based provider of disease management services, has announced that CIGNA has agreed to extend a contract under which the company provides disease management support for programs that serve more than 1.2 million CIGNA members. Through the programs, CIGNA enrollees that have chronic diseases and persistent conditions receive help managing their illnesses, avoiding unnecessary hospitalization, and slowing or stopping progression of their disease.