CHICAGO, March 6, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CIGNA HealthCare of
Illinois and Adventist Midwest Health (AMH) announced today they have
reached a new multi-year agreement to offer health care services to all
CIGNA HealthCare members at the four Chicago-based AMH hospitals as well as
the AMH Chippewa Valley Hospital in Durand, Wis. In addition, a similar
agreement was made with Adventist Health Network, AMH's affiliated
physician group which has 567 physicians, and Hinsdale Surgical Center, its
affiliated ambulatory surgery center.
The four Chicago-based hospitals include Adventist Hinsdale Hospital,
Adventist La Grange Memorial Hospital, Adventist GlenOaks Hospital and
Adventist Bolingbrook Hospital, the first new hospital in Illinois in 25
years, which is scheduled to open later this year. The new agreement
enables the more than 500,000 CIGNA HealthCare members in Illinois and
Wisconsin to gain access to these providers.
"We are pleased with our new agreement with Adventist Midwest Health
that expands and enhances our network," said Patrick Boughey, president and
general manager of CIGNA HealthCare for Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota and
Wisconsin. "CIGNA HealthCare remains committed to providing its customers
and members with a robust network of quality hospitals and physicians."
"This agreement benefits our patients by supporting our work in the
area of quality improvement," explained Todd Anderson, Adventist Midwest
Health Executive Director Contracting. "We are pleased that we can continue
to provide care to CIGNA HealthCare members."
The agreement applies to members and their covered dependents enrolled
in all of CIGNA HealthCare products, including its Choice Fund
consumer-directed plan design.
CIGNA HealthCare, based in Bloomfield, CT, provides medical benefits
plans, dental coverage, behavioral health coverage, pharmacy benefits and
products and services that integrate and analyze information to support
consumerism and health advocacy. "CIGNA HealthCare" refers to certain
operations of Connecticut General Life Insurance Company, which is an
operating subsidiary of CIGNA Corporation (NYSE: CI). Products and services
are provided by such operating subsidiaries, and not by CIGNA Corporation.
For more information, visit http://www.cigna.com.
Adventist Midwest Health is a not-for-profit Christian health care
leader committed to partnering with physicians and the community to provide
whole person care. Adventist Midwest Health includes Adventist Bolingbrook
Hospital, Adventist Hinsdale Hospital, Adventist La Grange Memorial
Hospital, Adventist GlenOaks Hospital, the physicians of Adventist Health
Partners and affiliated organizations.
SOURCE CIGNA HealthCare
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CONTACT:
Gwyn Dilday of CIGNA Corporation,
+1-818-500-6370, or gwyn.dilday@cigna.com
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