CIGNA Healthcare announces contract with St. John's
March 17, 2008

Cigna Healthcare has announced a contract with St. John's Health System, effective July 15, 2008. Cigna has indicated that this agreement will cover 18,000 people in southwest Missouri. The contract will extend St. John's services to local residents of all Cigna's insurance plans. Residents covered by these plans will become eligible to use any St. John's hospitals and physicians.

"St. John's is gearing up a program to assist patients with transition of care to St. John's providers," said Kim Day, St. John's president / CEO. "We know patients will be pleased with the level of care and expertise provided by St. John's physicians and staff, as our patient satisfaction scores rank among the highest in the country for both our hospital and our physicians. With the opening of our new 300-bed patient tower in Springfield, we will have the capacity to serve these new patients with a new state-of-the-art facility."

Cigna will be contacting their members shortly to explain the transition process to St. John's providers. St. John's will follow up with these members to make the transition as seamless as possible.

St. John's Health System is the largest health system in southwest Missouri, employing more than 10,000 co-workers and is one of the Top Three Integrated Health Systems in the nation.

 

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