SEATTLE, June 28, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CIGNA HealthCare
announced today that it has signed contracts with additional Washington
healthcare providers: Empire Health System which includes Deaconess Medical
Center and Valley Hospital and Medical Center in Spokane, Yakima Regional
Medical and Heart Center and Toppenish Community Hospital. The contracts
cover all CIGNA HealthCare product lines in Washington. The signing of
these contracts furthers CIGNA HealthCare's progress to establish its own
provider network in Washington. Ongoing negotiations with physicians and
hospital systems throughout the state continue and an expansive network
will be in place July 1, 2007.
"We are excited about our progress toward building our own provider
network in Washington," said Daryl Edmonds, regional vice president for
CIGNA HealthCare Mountain and Pacific Northwest regions. "The addition of
these hospitals helps us further solidify our provider network, enabling us
to offer more flexible products to employers in the state."
CIGNA HealthCare is committed to offering its customers and employers a
broad network of providers and to working closely with physicians and
hospitals as they deliver quality care to members. The company offers an
array of decision-support tools that empowers consumers to take charge of
their health. Its extensive health advocacy programs include an extensive
portfolio of health management programs and services based on clinical
guidelines designed to help members follow physician treatment protocols
and improve their health and well-being. These include the company's Health
Advisor program that features dedicated nurses to support care management
and its Well Aware for Better Health(R) disease management program.
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. Products and services are
provided by such operating subsidiaries and not by CIGNA Corporation.
SOURCE CIGNA HealthCare
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CONTACT:
Gwyn Dilday of CIGNA HealthCare,
+1-818-500-6370, gwyn.dilday@cigna.com
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