PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cigna-HealthSpring, a Cigna (NYSE:CI) company serving Medicare and Medicaid customers, and Thomas Jefferson University & Jefferson Health (“Jefferson”), one of the nation’s top hospital systems are expanding their partnership. The expanded agreement will result in greater access to top doctors and coordination of care, better affordability, and more personalized service for residents in the tri-state area. It also includes Abington Memorial Hospital and Lansdale Hospital along with their physicians for the first time.
For customers who chose a Cigna-HealthSpring Medicare Advantage plan during fall open enrollment for 2016 plans, Jefferson hospitals will be covered at the in-network benefit level when their plan takes effect on January 1, 2016. These hospitals include Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Jefferson Hospital for Neurosciences, Methodist Hospital, Abington Memorial Hospital, and Lansdale Hospital, which include more than 3,400 physicians employed by Jefferson.
“Cigna-HealthSpring collaborates with primary care physicians and puts the patient-physician relationship at the center of everything we do. Through our Partnership for Quality program we provide valuable resources to health professionals like extra in-office nurses, pharmacists to help with medication reconciliation and medication management, and disease registry technology to improve the health specific to the needs of the Medicare population,” said Dr. Laura Reich, Cigna-HealthSpring market manager for Pennsylvania and the Mid-Atlantic region. “Our expanded partnership reflects our shared commitment to our customers, and creates a greater opportunity to provide the services and care they need to achieve their personal health goals with high quality healthcare professionals and specialists they trust.”
Cigna-HealthSpring’s Partnership for Quality (P4Q) program has helped closed gaps in care like missed health screenings and prescriptions, reduced unnecessary and costly use of emergent care, and has improved follow-up care for customers transitioning from the hospital to their homes. In addition, Jefferson will participate in Cigna-HealthSpring’s Physician Organized Delivery System (PODS), an accountable care model that facilitates better sharing of customer clinical data to coordinate and improve care.
“By expanding our partnership, together we are able to increase healthcare access for residents in the tri-state area, close gaps in care and proactively address health issues before they become more serious and more costly,” said Dr. Anne Docimo, Jefferson’s Executive Vice President & Chief Medical Officer. “Our shared goals put the patient at the center and empower our physicians to improve health outcomes and provide a personalized customer experience.”
Cigna-HealthSpring customers with questions about their Medicare Advantage plan can call customer service at the number on their Cigna-HealthSpring ID card from 8a.m. – 8p.m., seven days a week.
About Jefferson — Health is all we do.
Our newly formed organization, Jefferson, encompasses Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health, representing our academic and clinical entities. Together, the people of Jefferson, 19,000 strong, provide the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients, educate the health professionals of tomorrow, and discover new treatments and therapies that will define the future of health care.
Jefferson Health comprises five hospitals, 13 outpatient and urgent care centers, as well as physician practices and everywhere we deliver care throughout the city and suburbs across Philadelphia, Montgomery and Bucks Counties in Pa., and Camden County in New Jersey. Together, these facilities serve more than 78,000 inpatients, 238,000 emergency patients and 1.7 million outpatient visits annually. Thomas Jefferson University Hospital is the largest freestanding academic medical center in Philadelphia. Abington Hospital is the largest community teaching hospital in Montgomery or Bucks counties. Other hospitals include Jefferson Hospital for Neuroscience in Center City Philadelphia; Methodist Hospital in South Philadelphia; and Abington-Lansdale Hospital in Hatfield Township.
Thomas Jefferson University enrolls more than 3,900 future physicians, scientists, nurses and healthcare professionals in the Sidney Kimmel Medical College (SKMC), Jefferson Colleges of Biomedical Sciences, Health Professions, Nursing, Pharmacy, Population Health and is home of the National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center.
For more information and a complete listing of Jefferson services and locations, visit www.jefferson.edu.
About Cigna-HealthSpring
Cigna-HealthSpring, a Cigna company (NYSE:CI), is one of the country's leading health plans focused on delivering care to the senior population, predominately through Medicare Advantage and other Medicare and Medicaid products (Medicaid products are available in select areas). Based in Nashville, Tennessee, Cigna-HealthSpring offers a national stand-alone prescription drug plan and operates health plans for the 2016 enrollment season in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Washington, D.C. For more information, visit www.cignahealthspring.com.
All Cigna products and services are provided exclusively by or through operating subsidiaries of Cigna Corporation. The Cigna name, logos, and other Cigna marks are owned by Cigna Intellectual Property, Inc. This information is available for free in other languages. Please call our customer service number at 1-800-668-3813 (TTY 711), 8a.m. – 8pm, 7 days a week. Esta información está disponible de forma gratuita en otros idiomas. Por favor, llame a nuestro servicio al cliente al 1-800-668-3813 (TTY 711), 8a.m. – 8p.m., 7 días de la semana. This information is not a complete description of benefits. Contact the plan for more information. Limitations, copayments, and restrictions may apply. Benefits, formulary, pharmacy network, provider network, premium and/or copayments/coinsurance may change on January 1 of each year. Cigna-HealthSpring is contracted with Medicare for PDP plans, HMO and PPO plans in select states, and with select State Medicaid programs. Enrollment in Cigna-HealthSpring depends on contract renewal.
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