Cigna-HealthSpring’s Medicare Advantage Plans for 2018 Emphasize Affordable, Stable Premiums & Coordinated Care by Local Ph...
October 16 2017 - 10:00AM
Business Wire
- More Than 70 Percent of Company’s
Plans Include $0 Copay to See Primary Care Physician
- Most of Company’s Plans Include
Fitness Program to Facilitate Physical Activity
- Transportation Available to
Qualifying Customers in Some Plans at No Extra Cost
- Dental, Vision, Hearing Coverage
Available in Most Plans
- Two Prescription Drug Plans Offered
in All States
Cigna-HealthSpring’s Medicare Advantage (MA) plans and Medicare
Advantage Plans with Prescription Drug Coverage (MAPD) for the
Medicare Annual Election Period (AEP) emphasize stable premiums and
physician engagement along with a number of additional benefits,
such as fitness memberships and dental, vision and hearing
coverage. Open enrollment began Oct. 15 and continues through Dec.
7. It is the time period when most people choose or switch their
Medicare plans.
“We’ve worked hard to ensure our Medicare customers continue to
have access to quality care from local doctors and pharmacies at an
affordable price, including many of the additional benefits that
have made Medicare Advantage plans so popular,” said Shawn Morris,
who leads Cigna-HealthSpring.
Nearly half of Cigna-HealthSpring’s plans for 2018 are available
at $0 monthly premium. Of the remaining plans, many premiums
remained flat or decreased from 2017. In more than 70 percent of
plans, customers pay no copay when they visit their primary care
physician.
More than 85 percent of Cigna-HealthSpring’s customers are cared
for by a provider in a collaborative care agreement.
Cigna-HealthSpring offers incentives to these providers to help
ensure customers receive necessary preventive services and that
care is coordinated across all settings and for all conditions.
Cigna-HealthSpring also promotes wellness through a fitness
program, which is available in most plans. And more than one-third
of the company’s plans provide qualifying customers with some
transportation to their doctor or pharmacy. Cigna-HealthSpring also
offers dental, vision and hearing coverage in most of its plans and
that includes glasses and hearing aids.
“Through benefits, our care management programs and partnerships
like these that we arrange for our customers, we are working to
make health care easy for our customers and to support them to
achieve their own best personal definition of health, well-being
and independence,” Morris said.
Cigna-HealthSpring’s Medicare Advantage plans are offered in
Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois,
Kansas, Missouri, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Mississippi, North
Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and the District of
Columbia.
Cigna-HealthSpring also continues to offer two standalone
prescription drug plans in all states: the Secure Plan and the
Secure Extra Plan. The Secure Extra Plan includes no deductible and
drug coverage in the Medicare Part D coverage gap. Cigna also
offers Medicare Supplement plans in most states.
For more details about Cigna-HealthSpring’s Medicare plans visit
https://www.cigna.com/medicare/cigna-healthspring or call
1-855-738-0415.
About Cigna-HealthSpring
Cigna-HealthSpring is a Medicare Advantage health services
company committed to helping our nation’s Medicare and Medicaid
beneficiaries live healthier, more active lives through
personalized, affordable and easy-to-use health care solutions.
This information is not a complete description of benefits.
Contact the plan for more information. Limitations, copayments, and
restrictions may apply. Benefits, premiums and/or
copayments/co-insurance may change on January 1 of each year.
Cigna-HealthSpring complies with applicable Federal civil rights
laws and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color,
national origin, age, disability or sex. Cigna-HealthSpring does
not exclude people or treat them differently because of race,
color, national origin, age, disability or sex. English:
ATTENTION: If you speak English, language assistance services, free
of charge, are available to you. Call 1-800-668-3813 (TTY 711).
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servicios gratuitos de asistencia lingüística. Llame al
1-800-668-3813 (TTY 711).
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711). All Cigna products and services are provided exclusively by
or through operating subsidiaries of Cigna Corporation. The Cigna
name, logos, and other Cigna marks are owned by Cigna Intellectual
Property, Inc. Cigna-HealthSpring is contracted with Medicare for
PDP plans, HMO and PPO plans in select states, and with select
State Medicaid programs. Enrollment in Cigna-HealthSpring depends
on contract renewal.
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Cigna-HealthSpringDoug Bennett Jr.doug.bennett@cigna.com
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