Cigna Corp. Blurb about Cigna Corp.: Cigna Inc.‚ a publicly traded insurance company is the leading healthcare insurance provider headquartered in Bloomfield‚ Connecticut. If you are concerned about your unique life and health situation needs‚ Cigna fills in the void. Cigna is more than just an insurance company - they are also into global health services. They enable consumers to purchase various insurance policies‚ services and products through their subsidiaries. Cigna aims to achieve global
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The Healthcare Industry and Its Constant Changes Working in provider relations for Cigna Healthspring has been both very rewarding and challenging. Each year‚ the goal is to meet the standards set by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)‚ while maintaining low medical cost. This seems like a rather simple concept in theory‚ but with an aging population achieving this is complex. Cigna HealthSprings vision statement is‚ “Revolutionizing the healthcare experience for our consumers by
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against it. The fear of most of the employers in the industry is that the deduced competition among the health insurance distributors results in the increase in their health rates. Acquisition of Cigna Corporation by Anthem for fifty three billion dollars is quite problematic because of the disputes faced by Cigna and both the providers deal with self insured employers where they provide the medical expense for their employees and simply outsource the care management function‚ provider networking and the
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Cigna Uses Business Rules to Support Treatment Request Approval What is the strategic issue? CIGNA is a major health insurance company. Its CIGNA Behavioral Health covers 16 million Americans in all 50 states and internationally. In addition‚ it supports a network of more than 50‚000 professionals who needed a system that quickly and automatically approved requests submitted by providers‚ such as therapists‚ for additional patient care. CIGNA Behavioral Health’s business processes for making approval
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financing practices in conjunction with the strategic plan. Examine and compare strategic plans of various types of organizations as a means to understand the need for change and diversity Bisognano‚ M. (2008). Leadership’s role in execution. Healthcare Executive‚ 23(2)‚ 66-66‚68‚70. Retrieved from the ProQuest database. Crain‚ R. (2012). Want a better relationship with consumer? First‚ know your brand. Advertising Age 83(2)17. Retrieved from the EBSCOhost database. Delgado‚ R. I. (2009)
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Healthcare Organization Study: A Case Study over United Healthcare Grand Canyon University- NRS-451V March 30‚ 2014 Healthcare Organization Study: A Case Study over United Healthcare The United Healthcare is recognized as a “Charter Medical Incorporated founded by a group of physicians and other health care professionals” in 1974 used to expand health coverage choices for clients whose commission is “helping people live healthier lives and helping to make the health system work better
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Ideal healthcare system will be the one that works for all the individuals in the community without disparity or confusion. With an ideal healthcare system‚ members in a community will get adequate access to care‚ basic information‚ better research and information for the patients (Yvonne‚ 2009).In this paper; I will discuss the various key factors to be addressed in the development of an ideal model of care. Access to health care Access to healthcare is a factor of
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Healthcare Reform This paper will relate my attitude towards other health professionals‚ based on my understanding that healthcare reform includes not only insuring more Americans but changing the way we deliver services and think about health. It will also identify the knowledge/insights that will be most useful in moving healthcare reform forward. Attitude towards Other Health Professionals It is not easy to describe one’s attitude towards other healthcare professionals because it is
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Diversity in Healthcare Have you ever been to the doctor and don’t quite understand what the provider is telling you‚ or are you a healthcare worker and you don’t understand your patients? Should the healthcare provider get diversity training or should they maybe learn new languages? More than ever before‚ healthcare professionals are subjected to dealing with a number of immense and different cultural diversities. While diversity is often a term used to refer specifically to cultural differences
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Management Effective in Healthcare Organizations The present environments for healthcare organizations contain many forces demanding unprecedented levels of change. These forces include changing demographics‚ increased customer outlook‚ increased competition‚ and strengthen governmental pressure. Meeting these challenges will require healthcare organizations to go through fundamental changes and to continuously inquire about new behavior to produce future value. Healthcare is an information-intensive
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