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CIGNA Healthy Rewards Expands Health and Wellness Discounts for Members

CIGNA HealthCare has expanded its Healthy Rewards(R) health and wellness discount amenity program to include discounts of up to 60 percent on physical fitness centers, wellness and stress management programs and oral health products. Healthy Rewards provides easy access to a variety of brand name health and wellness products and ...

CIGNA HealthCare Announces Assistance for Members With Medical Disabilities

CIGNA HealthCare has announced that it has engaged the expertise of Social Service Coordinators Disability Services to assist CIGNA HealthCare members who become newly disabled in obtaining eligible Social Security Disability Income (SSDI). The program is targeted to CIGNA HealthCare members working for smaller employers, who often lack the resources ...

CIGNA HealthCare Launches Innovation Lab for Delivering Six-Sigma End-to-End Service

CIGNA HealthCare today launched an Innovation Lab that is designed to develop integrated, top Six-Sigma level end-to-end service for medical, dental, pharmacy and behavioral health plan participants. The Lab will be staffed with 100 specially trained consumer advisors representing CIGNA's service, clinical and product teams to discuss health benefit and related ...

AMA Insurance Agency to Offer CIGNATURE Rx(SM) Medicare Drug Plan to Retired Physicians

CIGNA HealthCare* today announced an agreement with AMA Insurance Agency, Inc. (AMAIAI) to market the CIGNATURE Rx(SM) Medicare prescription drug plans to Medicare-eligible physicians and their spouses. "We are delighted AMAIAI has chosen to offer CIGNA's Medicare prescription drug plans," said Terri Swanson, vice president of CIGNA Senior Care. "This ...

CIGNA HealthCare Launches a New Oncology Condition Management Program

To help those at-risk or living with cancer manage and treat their complex condition, CIGNA HealthCare today announced a new CIGNA HealthCare Oncology Condition Management Program, which will provide prevention, wellness and condition management assistance for members. According to the Institutes of Medicine (IOM), approximately half of all men and ...

March 2nd 2010
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HealthPass Now Offering UnitedHealthcare’s Oxford Health Benefit Plans

HealthPass, a partnership between New York City, the New York Business Group on Health, and the health insurance industry, is now offering five of UnitedHealthcare's Oxford health insurance plans to employers. To qualify, the employers must have two to 50 eligible employees and be based in New York City or ...
March 2nd 2010
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Verizon Wireless’ Mobile Healthcare Solutions Let Hospitals and Clinics Streamline Communications and Access Critical Data

BASKING RIDGE, N.J., and ATLANTA, March 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Healthcare organizations ranging from large city hospitals to rural community health clinics can count on Verizon Wireless to deliver customized wireless solutions that allow caregivers the ability to utilize resources that enhance the patient experience. Representatives from Verizon Wireless, operator of ...
March 2nd 2010
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Enanta Nominates EDP-239 as Lead Development Candidate for NS5A HCV Inhibitor Program

WATERTOWN, Mass., March 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Enanta Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced today the nomination of lead development candidate, EDP-239, from its NS5A hepatitis C virus (HCV) inhibitor program. EDP-239 has demonstrated picomolar potency against multiple genotypes of the virus and a preclinical pharmacokinetic profile amenable to once-a-day dosing. "Our NS5A inhibitor program ...
March 2nd 2010
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Abbott and Enanta Announce Advancement of Hepatitis C Collaboration

ABBOTT PARK, Ill. and WATERTOWN, Mass., March 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Abbott (NYSE:ABT) and Enanta Pharmaceuticals announced today the advancement of their Hepatitis C (HCV) collaboration into Phase 2 clinical trials. The trial will evaluate three HCV antiviral agents, including the investigational protease inhibitor ABT-450, part of the Abbott-Enanta collaboration, and ...
March 2nd 2010
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HealthPass Now Offering UnitedHealthcare’s Oxford Health Benefit Plans to New York-Area Small Businesses

NEW YORK, March 2 /PRNewswire/ -- A new relationship between UnitedHealthcare and HealthPass gives New York-area small businesses more health benefit plan options. HealthPass, a partnership between the New York Business Group on Health, New York City and the health insurance industry, is offering five of UnitedHealthcare's Oxford health insurance plans ...

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