Benefit Assist Program Makes Benefit Payouts Faster and Easier for Employees Enrolled in Medical and Supplemental Health Plans
July 12 2018 - 9:30AM
Business Wire
- Industry-first program by
UnitedHealthcare helps employees initiate their claims under
accident, critical illness and hospital indemnity protection
plans
Employees enrolled in UnitedHealthcare accident, critical
illness or hospital indemnity protection plans can now receive
benefit payouts faster and easier through UnitedHealthcare’s
industry-first Supplemental Health Benefit Assist
Program.
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Here's a look at how UnitedHealthcare's
industry-first Benefit Assist program makes it faster and easier
for eligible plan participants to receive payouts after a
qualifying critical illness diagnosis, hospital stay or serious
accident (Graphic: UnitedHealthcare).
Benefit Assist features a team of UnitedHealthcare
Benefit Assistants who contact via phone or email an eligible plan
participant following a qualifying critical illness diagnosis,
hospital stay or serious accident. The Benefit Assistants help the
patient kick-start the claim process soon after the related medical
diagnosis or treatment to facilitate a faster payout so that the
patient can focus on healing and getting well.
Oftentimes people enrolled in supplemental plans wait weeks or
months to start the related claim, or neglect to do so entirely,
thus delaying or missing a cash benefit that can help pay
out-of-pocket expenses or cover lost income. Payouts under
UnitedHealthcare supplemental plan coverage can reach $5,000 or
more under accident and hospital indemnity plans; critical illness
coverage can reach up to $40,000.
“Almost two-thirds of employees have less than $1,000 on hand to
pay out-of-pocket expenses related to an unexpected accident,
hospital stay or serious illness. Benefit Assist helps
employees receive benefit payouts faster and more efficiently,
giving employees peace-of-mind and allowing them to worry less
about their finances and focus more on healing and getting
healthy,” said Tom Wiffler, CEO, UnitedHealthcare Specialty
Benefits.
The Supplemental Health Benefit Assist Program is
available to companies nationwide with 250 or more employees
enrolled in both UnitedHealthcare medical and supplemental health
plans, including accident, critical illness or hospital indemnity
coverage.
This resource highlights the value to companies and their
employees of combining medical and ancillary health benefits,
including supplemental health, vision, dental and other financial
protection coverage, through a single health plan. More employers
are offering supplemental benefit plans as a way to add financial
certainty for employees, especially with more than 80 percent of
employers now offering consumer-directed health plans. To learn
more about the value of integrating medical and specialty benefits,
click here.
About
UnitedHealthcareUnitedHealthcare is dedicated to helping
people live healthier lives and making the health system work
better for everyone by simplifying the health care experience,
meeting consumer health and wellness needs, and sustaining trusted
relationships with care providers. In the United States,
UnitedHealthcare offers the full spectrum of health benefit
programs for individuals, employers, and Medicare and Medicaid
beneficiaries, and contracts directly with more than 1.2 million
physicians and care professionals, and 6,500 hospitals and other
care facilities nationwide. The company also provides health
benefits and delivers care to people through owned and operated
health care facilities in South America. UnitedHealthcare is one of
the businesses of UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH), a diversified
health care company. For more information, visit UnitedHealthcare
at www.uhc.com or follow @UHC on Twitter.
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UnitedHealthcareWill Shanley,
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