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HEALTHCARE: SASHA YAMAGUCHI

GENERAL MANAGER, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA/NEVADA, CIGNA

WHY: Runs healthcare unit that in Orange County alone has 44K+ in HMO and 74K+ in PPO.

IN THE NEWS: Promoted to current role in April.

NOTABLE: Last year named to board of MOMS Orange County.

QUOTABLE: “Cigna was an early leader in telehealth, starting with coverage for ‘virtual house calls’ in 2007,” she says. “For many years, telehealth utilization had been low, but the pandemic changed that. Customers tried telehealth, liked it and then stuck with it. Sixty percent of our behavioral health customers now use telehealth.”

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