Cigna, UNC Health Alliance Collaborate to Offer Cigna Individual and Family Plans in Raleigh Area
October 20 2016 - 10:00AM
Business Wire
- New Cigna individual plans to be
offered both on and off the public marketplace for January 1, 2017
coverage
- Affordable, quality, coordinated care
for Raleigh-area patients provided by UNC Health Alliance
- Network includes: UNC Hospitals, Rex
Hospital, Johnston Memorial Hospital, Nash General Hospital, and
Chatham Hospital
Working together with UNC Health Care and UNC Health Alliance, a
Clinically Integrated Network, Cigna (NYSE:CI) is introducing new
individual and family medical plans in the Raleigh area, both on
and off the federal public marketplace for plans that take effect
starting January 1, 2017.
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“Based on the collaborative care approach we will use in
partnership with UNC Health Alliance, we see the North Carolina
exchange as an opportunity to provide customers with an excellent
combination of health care access, quality, and overall value,”
said Charles Pitts, president of Cigna in North Carolina.
“The new Cigna plans are an addition to our local portfolio that
has been so effective within the employer market for years:
affordable access to quality health care from leading doctors and
hospitals in the Raleigh area, and the information, resources and
24x7 service to help people take full advantage of their medical
coverage.”
Cigna's individual offerings will feature a range of plan
designs and price points and will be available in Chatham,
Johnston, Nash, Orange, and Wake counties during the 2016 fall
enrollment period that starts November 1, 2016 for plans that take
effect on or after January 1, 2017.
Customers who enroll in the individual plans will have access to
care provided by one of the region’s leading health care
organizations. UNC Health Alliance’s network includes UNC
Hospitals, Rex Hospital, Johnston Memorial Hospital, Nash General
Hospital, and Chatham Hospital and employed and independent primary
care doctors and specialists throughout the service area.
“With more than 70 primary care locations in the service area,
patients have numerous access points and convenient places to
receive health care services,” said Seth Glickman, M.D., UNC Health
Alliance president. “Our patient-centered, collaborative approach
to high-quality care provides the right care at the right time in
the right place for patients.”
“Together with UNC Health Alliance, our focus is on promoting
good health and preventing illness, helping people become healthier
if they do have a health condition, providing coordinated care, and
improving the patient experience,” Pitts added.
Pitts said Cigna's individual plans will focus on helping new
customers to either develop or better establish relationships with
a family doctor and to better understand and use their plans,
especially for those who may not have used a health insurance plan
in the past.
The announcement represents an expansion of Cigna's
quality-oriented, competitively-priced individual and family plan
programs in North Carolina. Cigna is already a leading provider of
employer-sponsored group health plans in the state and across the
U.S.
About UNC Health Care
The UNC Health Care System is a not-for-profit integrated health
care system owned by the state of North Carolina and based in
Chapel Hill. It exists to further the teaching mission of the
University of North Carolina and to provide state-of-the-art
patient care. UNC Health Care is comprised of UNC Hospitals, ranked
consistently among the best medical centers in the country; the UNC
School of Medicine, a nationally eminent research institution;
community practices; home health and hospice services in seven
central North Carolina counties; Pardee Hospital in Hendersonville,
NC; Chatham Hospital in Siler City, NC; High Point Regional
Hospital in High Point, NC; Caldwell Memorial Hospital in Lenoir,
NC; Johnston Health in Smithfield and Clayton, NC; Nash Health Care
in Rocky Mount, NC; Wayne Memorial in Goldsboro, NC; Lenoir
Memorial in Kinston, NC; and UNC REX Healthcare and its provider
network in Wake County, NC.
About UNC Health Alliance
UNC Health Alliance is a physician-led network of more than
3,600 UNC Health Care employed providers and community physician
partners, working together to provide evidence-based,
patient-centered, affordable health care to patients at more than
400 locations throughout 36 counties across North Carolina. UNC
Health Alliance is a Clinically Integrated Network – an
organization of providers who collaborate across the health care
continuum to improve quality, control health care costs, and work
in partnership to provide coordinated care to better the patient
and provider experience.
About Cigna
Cigna Corporation (NYSE: CI) is a global health service company
dedicated to helping people improve their health, well-being and
sense of security. All products and services are provided
exclusively by or through operating subsidiaries of Cigna
Corporation, including Cigna Health and Life Insurance Company,
Connecticut General Life Insurance Company, Life Insurance Company
of North America, Cigna Life Insurance Company of New York, or
their affiliates. Such products and services include an integrated
suite of health services, such as medical, dental, behavioral
health, pharmacy, vision, supplemental benefits, and other related
products including group life, accident and disability insurance.
Cigna maintains sales capability in 30 countries and jurisdictions,
and has more than 90 million customer relationships throughout the
world. To learn more about Cigna®, including links to follow us on
Facebook or Twitter, visit www.cigna.com.
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CignaAmy Szable, 860-902-6625Amy.szable@cigna.comorUNC Health
AllianceDevon Brady, 984-215-4243Devon.Brady@unchealth.unc.edu
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