Navigation Links
CIGNA HealthCare of Arizona and Catholic Healthcare West Reach Agreement
Date:5/9/2008

PHOENIX, May 9 /PRNewswire/ -- CIGNA HealthCare of Arizona and Catholic Healthcare West (CHW) have announced that effective immediately, CIGNA plan members will have in-network access to the services and care provided by Catholic Healthcare West facilities and providers. The contract covers Catholic Healthcare West's three Arizona hospitals, including St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Chandler Regional Medical Center, Mercy Gilbert Medical Center, and affiliated facilities and physician practices in the Phoenix metropolitan area. Coverage is retroactive to midnight April 25th, the prior contract termination date.

"We are pleased that we have been able to come to mutually agreeable terms with Catholic Healthcare West," said Kurt A. Weimer, President and General Manager, CIGNA HealthCare of Arizona. "Our goal is to offer employers and members an expansive provider network which gives our members greater flexibility and control in choosing the health care provider that best meets their personal needs."

"We are very pleased that we were able to reach an acceptable agreement with CIGNA," said David G. Covert, president and CEO, Chandler Regional Medical Center/ CHW East Valley Service Area. "We have been working very hard to ensure CIGNA members could continue to receive quality, compassionate care at our facilities."

CIGNA HealthCare members in the Phoenix metropolitan area will have in-network access to Catholic Healthcare West's wide-ranging medical services and programs, including neurology, cardiology, pediatrics, women's services, orthopedics, oncology, rehabilitation and maternity care.

CIGNA members with questions about their coverage should contact CIGNA customer service. If a patient visit or procedure was cancelled this past week, patients are asked to please call their physician office to reschedule.

About CIGNA HealthCare of Arizona

With more than 35 years of history, CIGNA HealthCare of Arizona, Inc.
'/>"/>

SOURCE CIGNA HealthCare of Arizona
Copyright©2008 PR Newswire.
All rights reserved

0

GOOD

Page: 1 2

Related medicine news :

1. VIDEO from Medialink and CIGNA: Hope Binders Help Parents in the Battle Against Life-Threatening Diseases in Children
2. Gentiva(R) Health Services and CIGNA HealthCare Extend National Homecare Contract Through January 31, 2011
3. Gordon & Rees LLP Joins ArlenGroup-CIGNA Health Care Purchasing Consortium
4. RNs Statement on Death of Nataline Sarkisyan: CIGNA Should Have Listened to her Doctors and Approved the Transplant a Week Ago
5. CIGNA Capitulates to Patient Revolt
6. ICMA/CIGNA Survey: U.S. Cities and Counties Begin to Focus on Health Risks and Costs
7. CIGNA Behavioral Health Offers Members Online Provider Profiles
8. CIGNA HealthCare Continues Gains in Health Care Quality
9. CIGNA Group Insurance Celebrates Return to Work Success During National Rehabilitation Awareness Week
10. J.D. Power and Associates Reports: CIGNA HealthCare Recognized for Call Center Customer Satisfaction Excellence For a Second Consecutive Year
11. Ken Sperling to Lead CIGNA HealthCare Retiree Solutions Unit
Post Your Comments:
*Name:
*Comment:
*Email:
(Date:5/24/2013)... Range Kleen Mfg. strives to “TCOTC.” Our number one ... President's desk to the Shipping Dock.” We hold high in ... passion while creating excellence and quality being results oriented. It ... the right thing and what better way to help with ... , Throughout the year Range Kleen donates to numerous local ...
(Date:5/24/2013)... 24, 2013 Before you start the grill, before ... with Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb on the Today Show ... cool tech ideas to Kathie Lee and Hoda, including the new ... brave men and women in the military who made the ultimate ... BBQ, spend time with friends and family and enjoy the day. ...
(Date:5/24/2013)... New York (PRWEB) May 24, 2013 ... 2010 DePuy hip recall continue to move forward in ... According to documents filed in California’s San Francisco Superior ... seeking an expedited trial of her DePuy hip lawsuit ... v. DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc., et al., No. CGC11508806; Calif. ...
(Date:5/24/2013)... for heart failure appear to have better odds of ... morning, a new study finds. Death rates and ... admitted in January, on Fridays and overnight, according to ... Saturday in Portugal at the annual meeting of the ... "The fact that patients admitted right before ...
(Date:5/24/2013)... (PRWEB) May 24, 2013 ResortQuest Real ... joined the Dayna Feher team at the firm’s Bethany ... the Delaware resorts her home in 1975. Her real ... worked in all aspects of the real estate business ... the past 12 years, a licensed sales associate. ...
Breaking Medicine News(10 mins):Health News:Range Kleen Partners with Berndes in Red Cross Promotion: Taking Care of Oklahoma 2Health News:LawnBott® Visits the Today Show with Kathie Lee and Hoda 2Health News:DePuy ASR Hip Lawsuit News: Bernstein Liebhard LLP Notes Request for Voluntary Dismissal in California DePuy Hip Recall Case 2Health News:DePuy ASR Hip Lawsuit News: Bernstein Liebhard LLP Notes Request for Voluntary Dismissal in California DePuy Hip Recall Case 3Health News:DePuy ASR Hip Lawsuit News: Bernstein Liebhard LLP Notes Request for Voluntary Dismissal in California DePuy Hip Recall Case 4Health News:Monday Best Time for Hospitalization With Heart Failure, Study Says 2Health News:Tammy Mushrush Joins ResortQuest Real Estate® and the Dayna Feher Team 2
... scientists from Bristol University has developed a technique, using luciferase, ... aid in detecting// damage to heart cells after a heart ... way for rapid recovery from cardiac arrests and heart surgery. ... Journal of Biological Chemistry. ,Dr Elinor Griffiths and ...
... to enable manifold benefits for patients, but health ... before such drugs are recommended for their patients, ... (GI) morbidities are becoming common fallouts of NSAID ... upper- and lower-GI tracts; this may include even ...
... identify biomarker combinations associated with mortality among people.,Previous ... that can predict disability, morbidity and mortality in ... researchers analyzed 13 biomarkers representing neuroendocrine and vascular ... years in 1,189 high-functioning men and women aged ...
... become the first hospital in the region to ... doctors believe will change the standard of care ... OR/Cath Lab, the state-of-the-art operating suite houses all ... open-heart surgeries, like coronary bypass, as well as ...
... former drug addict from Manipur has set up a support ... the dying and to rescue the perishing".// ,K. Gouchinkhup, ... said: "A sense of curiosity and peer pressure led me ... ,"Since then I have taken heroin, pharmaceutical drug ...
... first large, single-institution series directly comparing weight-loss outcomes ... Chicago found that a newer operation//, the duodenal ... standard operation, the Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. ,In ... the researchers report that the duodenal switch (DS) ...
Cached Medicine News:Health News:A glowing energy measure for heart cells 2Health News:Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs could cause gastrointestinal complications. 2Health News:Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs could cause gastrointestinal complications. 3Health News:A New Approach to Heart Bypass Surgery Provides Patients with 'One-stop Shopping' 2Health News:A New Approach to Heart Bypass Surgery Provides Patients with 'One-stop Shopping' 3Health News:A New Approach to Heart Bypass Surgery Provides Patients with 'One-stop Shopping' 4Health News:Ex-drug Addict has set up Support System for Drug Victims 2Health News:For Super-Obese Patients, Duodenal Switch Beats Gastric Bypass 2Health News:For Super-Obese Patients, Duodenal Switch Beats Gastric Bypass 3
(Date:5/23/2013)... , May 23, 2013  Texas, premier physician ... deliver doctors the survival tools they need to provide ... in today,s health care marketplace. "I am ... save local practices," said Stephen L. Brotherton ... (TMA). " Texas doctors are determined ...
(Date:5/23/2013)... , May 23, 2013   Direct ... following mastectomy is an appropriate option for many ... to surgically reduce their breast cancer risk, or ... gradual expansion process and a second surgery to ... in the same surgery as mastectomy can be ...
(Date:5/23/2013)... 2013  BioElectronics Corporation (OTC Pink: BIEL), the maker ... the FDA panel meeting for non-thermal shortwave diathermy: ... Shortwave Therapy Meeting was held on May 21, 2013 ... focus of the meeting was very narrow, in that ... on the application of non-thermal shortwave diathermy for the ...
Breaking Medicine Technology:TMA Launches Physician Services Organization for Patient Care 2TMA Launches Physician Services Organization for Patient Care 3TMA Launches Physician Services Organization for Patient Care 4Direct to Implant ("One Step") Mastectomy Breast Reconstruction Reduces Number of Surgeries and Time to Final Cosmetic Results 2Direct to Implant ("One Step") Mastectomy Breast Reconstruction Reduces Number of Surgeries and Time to Final Cosmetic Results 3BioElectronics and Pulsed Shortwave Therapy Make Progress 2
... Inc. (the "Company") (NASDAQ and MTA: CTIC) today announced ... a reverse stock split following the Company,s receipt on ... the staff of The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC (the "NASDAQ"). ... compliance with NASDAQ Listing Rule 5550(a)(2) because the Company,s ...
... 5, 2011 Cardiac Network, Inc. (Other OTC: CNWI.PK) (the ... reverse stock split (the "Reverse Stock Split"). The Reverse Stock ... trading on May 6, 2011 (the "Effective Date"). On the ... "CNWI" to "CNWID" for approximately 20 business days, after which ...
Cached Medicine Technology:Cell Therapeutics Announces Planned Reverse Stock Split; Receives NASDAQ Notice of Non-Compliance; Intends to Request Hearing 2Cell Therapeutics Announces Planned Reverse Stock Split; Receives NASDAQ Notice of Non-Compliance; Intends to Request Hearing 3Cell Therapeutics Announces Planned Reverse Stock Split; Receives NASDAQ Notice of Non-Compliance; Intends to Request Hearing 4Cardiac Network Announces Reverse Stock Split 2
Ethicon Endo-Surgery provides disposable handheld instruments that provide reliable, precise performance every time. Our handheld instruments come in 5mm and 10mm sizes....
... The Auto Suture™ ENDO ... three (3) atraumatic fingers, ... variety of gynecologic, general, ... procedures for temporary retraction ...
... The Auto Suture™ ENDO PADDLE RETRACT™ ... variety of gynecologic, general, urologic,thoracic, colorectal and ... e.g., the bowel, stomach, or liver. , ... of a paddle retractor at the distal ...
... The Featured Products are ... Mediflex and are offered ... in regular or extra ... equipped with insulation, flush ...
Medicine Products: