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 .

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.

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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 .

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