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Products April 18, 2006
CIGNA, HealthPartners Join for Alliance
April 18, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - HealthPartners
and CIGNA HealthCare have reached a long-term alliance
offering health plan products using the HealthPartners and
CIGNA provider networks to companies with employees living in
Minnesota and other states .
Reported by Fred Schneyer
A news release said that the alliance offers options that include uniform benefits, competitive provider payment rates, streamlined administration and a focus on care that lowers total cost.
The CIGNA-HealthPartners alliance is designed to offer a coast-to-coast, combined network for the 6,000 Minnesota-based companies that have approximately 2.2 million employees in other states.
This same network will be offered to national companies headquartered elsewhere who have employees in Minnesota, according to the announcement. More information about HealthPartners is at http://www.healthpartners.com .