CIGNA Consumer Driven Health Plans Cut Medical Trend in Half; Member Savings Compound over Time, Two-Year Experience ... (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
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CIGNA Consumer Driven Health Plans Cut Medical Trend in Half; Member Savings Compound over Time, Two-Year Experience ... (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
BLOOMFIELD, Conn.----Medical cost trend for CIGNA HealthCare consumer driven health plan members is less than half that of CIGNA's HMO and PPO plan members, and CIGNA CDHP members' cost savings compounded over time -- even as members used more preventive services relative to traditional plan members, according to a new two-year study of the health care claims experience of more than 430,000 ...
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Kelsey-Seybold, Cigna offer new HMO alliance (Houston Chronicle)
Cigna Healthcare of Texas and Kelsey-Seybold Clinic are offering a new health maintenance organization in the Houston area that the partners say will be priced 10 percent below Cigna's comparable products. KelseyCare Powered by Cigna will roll out Jan. 1, with a focus on coordinated medical care and wellness programs.
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Health Care Quality Scores Unveiled By California's Office Of The Patient Advocate (Medical News Today)
For millions of Californians, the deciding factor in choosing a health plan is cost. But the quality of HMOs and medical groups - literally what could make the difference between life and death - for many people often is a guessing game. Unless they have a report card. [click link for full article]
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New carrier approved for state health contract (New Hampshire Union Leader)
Anthem will replace Cigna Healthcare.
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Lynch wants new retiree health care (The Nashua Telegraph)
CONCORD - The Lynch administration is recommending that Anthem Health Plans Inc. replace Cigna Healthcare as administrator of health coverage for current and retired state employees. ...
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Health plans' customer service slips (The Star-Ledger)
Customer service provided by the state's six largest health maintenance organizations declined over the last year, but the quality of treatment stayed about the same, according to the 11th annual HMO report card released yesterday.
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Small Town Doctor Takes on Giants in Consumer Healthcare (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Can a small-town doctor with a big idea compete against the likes of Google, Wal-Mart, and Cigna in the exploding personal health records arena? Steven M. Hacker M.D. has been doing just that.
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Cuomo asks Preferred Care to halt doctor ranking plan (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle)
Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's investigation of the insurance industry's physician-ranking program extended into Rochester on Thursday when he asked Preferred Care Inc. to halt plans to launch such a program.
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County Health Unit Expansion Stalled Again On Parking Issue (Southwest Times Record)
A planned expansion at the Fort Smith-Sebastian County Health Department is on hold after the Fraternal Order of Eagles membership voted against a proposed parking space lease plan Thursday, Sebastian County Judge David Hudson told the Quorum Court on Tuesday.
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N.Y. attorney general asks 3 insurers to justify doctor-ranking systems (The Journal News)
In letters to three state health insurers, Attorney General Andrew Cuomo asks for more information about the companies' proposed physician rankings and calls the programs potentially deceptive.
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CIGNA Consumer Driven Health Plans Cut Medical Trend in Half; Member Savings Compound over Time, Two-Year Experience ... (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
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