CIGNA HealthCare and Tenet South Florida Sign New Contract; CIGNA HealthCare Members Have Continued Access to Tenet's South Florida Hospitals.FORT LAUDERDALE Fort Lauderdale (lô`dərdāl), residential, commercial, and resort city (1990 pop. 149,377), seat of Broward co., SE Fla., on the Atlantic coast; settled around a fort built (c.1837) in the Seminole War, inc. 1911. , Fla. -- Tenet South Florida today announced a new contract agreement enabling all CIGNA CIGNA CG (Connecticut General Life Insurance Company) INA (Insurance Company of North America) HealthCare Managed Care and PPO PPO abbr. preferred provider organization PPO Managed care Preferred provider organization, see there Infectious disease Pleuropneumonia-like organism, see there members in South Florida to continue receiving care at Tenet's South Florida hospitals. Under the agreement, CIGNA HealthCare's nearly 250,000 members in South Florida will have access to Tenet's 15 hospitals and diagnostic centers for all covered inpatient and outpatient services outpatient services Hospital-based services Managed care Medical and other services provided, to a nonadmitted Pt, by a hospital or other qualified facility–eg, mental health clinic, rural health clinic, mobile X-ray unit, free-standing dialysis unit Examples . "This multi-year agreement with Tenet is an important step in our ongoing commitment to provide CIGNA HealthCare members with affordable, accessible coverage through an extensive network of the area's leading hospitals," said Andrew Crooks, president and general manager of CIGNA HealthCare of Florida. "We've enjoyed a successful long-term relationship with Tenet and we're pleased our members will continue to have access to their wide range of services and facilities in South Florida." "We are delighted our relationship with CIGNA HealthCare will allow its members to continue to use our South Florida network of hospitals," said Don S. Steigman, senior vice president of Tenet South Florida. The contract includes all of Tenet's 15 South Florida hospitals, which are: Cleveland Clinic Hospital, Coral Gables Hospital, Delray Medical Center, Florida Medical Center, Good Samaritan Medical Center, Hialeah Hospital, Hollywood Medical Center, North Ridge Medical Center, North Shore Medical Center, Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center, Palmetto General Hospital, Parkway Regional Medical Center, Pinecrest Rehabilitation Hospital, St. Mary's Medical Center St. Mary's Medical Center may refer to:
Tenet South Florida, part of Tenet Healthcare Corporation (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :THC THC tetrahydrocannabinol. THC n. Tetrahydrocannabinol; a compound that is obtained from cannabis or is made synthetically; it is the primary intoxicant in marijuana and hashish. ), is a network of 15 hospitals and related entities, providing comprehensive health care for the South Florida community. Tenet South Florida can be found on the World Wide Web at www.tenetsouthflorida.com. CIGNA HealthCare, headquartered in Bloomfield, Connecticut, provides medical benefits through managed care and indemnity health care plans, dental coverage, behavioral health coverage, and pharmacy benefits. "CIGNA" or "CIGNA HealthCare" refers to various operating subsidiaries of CIGNA Corporation (NYSE:CI). Products and services are provided by these operating subsidiaries and not by CIGNA Corporation. |
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