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Products April 2, 2002
CIGNA Unveils ExPat Health System
February 4, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employees on
extended overseas assignments soon will be able to take
advantage of a healthcare computer system that provides
access to a worldwide network of doctors and healthcare
professionals, CIGNA announced.
Reported by Fred Schneyer
The new service expands the reach of CIGNA’s
International Expatriate Benefits organization, established
in 1977, to nearly 5,500 physicians and hospital facilities
outside the US, CIGNA said. Global medical management
provider International SOS is also involved in the project.
Cigna said the CIGNA/International SOS system will provide
expatriates with:
- use of a global SOS Provider Network of hospitals,
- online and multi-lingual telephone access to full-time staff physicians around the world to identify appropriate medical experts and treatment centers,
- direct payment arrangements and preferred pricing arrangements that SOS has with providers worldwide, and
- access to country briefings including general and cultural information, both pre-assignment and during the assignment
The full online service will be rolled out over the course of 2002.