News For: Cigna health Care CostTell Me How You Feel: CIGNA Lets Patients Rate Their Experience with Behavioral Health Care Professionals BLOOMFIELD, Conn.----It’s not unusual for doctors or psychologists to ask their patients how they feel. In fact, it happens millions of times every day. Now CIGNA has introduced a twist and is inviting the people who use its behavioral health care network to tell CIGNA how they feel about their behavioral health care professional. New ICMA/CIGNA Guide for Local Government Managers Focuses on Improving Community Health and Reducing Costs Every year, five percent of healthy employees become sick as a result of aging, unhealthy lifestyle choices, or other risk factors, according to CIGNA, one of the nation's leading health service companies. When added to the ranks of employees who already suffer from disease, this five percent drives the annual cost of health care coverage even higher. Health-care costs to rise in '09 Get ready to add ''health care'' to the list of things that probably will cost you more next year. A national survey released Wednesday reveals that 40 percent of companies say they're ''very likely'' or ''somewhat likely'' to increase the amount employees pay for their health insurance in 2009. Aetna Makes Health Care Cost Information Available to More Members with the Expansion of Aetna's Industry-Leading ... Americans are taking on more financial responsibility for their health care and, as a result, need access to a robust suite of tools and information in order to make informed decisions. To support and encourage members to be informed health care consumers, Aetna NYSE:AET today announced the expansion of its health care transparency initiatives to additional markets including Connecticut; ... Health-Care Costs for U.S. Employers Rise 5 Percent, Study Says Sept. 24 -- Employer-sponsored health insurance for a family cost an average of $12,680 this year, a 5 percent increase from 2007, a survey of U.S. businesses found. Medical device industry worries about cost-focused approach to judging medical care Matthew Perrone September 23, 2008 - 2:21 p.m. WASHINGTON - With politicians on the campaign trail pledging to lower health care spending, medical device companies are pushing to ensure their technology isn't targeted by federal cost-cutting efforts. Survey finds slower rise in cost of health benefits The average cost of health insurance for employers and employees nationally increased at its slowest pace in a decade, according to a widely followed survey. New ICMA/CIGNA Guide for Local Government Managers Focuses on Improving Community Health and Reducing Costs RICHMOND, Va.----Every year, five percent of healthy employees become sick as a result of aging, unhealthy lifestyle choices, or other risk factors, according to CIGNA, one of the nation’s leading health service companies. Ex-surgeon general: Attitude change needed for health care The United States has the best doctors, the best nurses, the best hospitals, cutting edge technology and medical research, but the country must undergo an “attitudinal change” if it wants to deliver quality, preventive health care to its residents, former U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Joycelyn Elders said Wednesday. QF’s Sidra a shot in the arm for regional health care system By Bonnie James QATAR Foundation’s upcoming $7.9bn Sidra Medical and Research Center, described as the Middle East’s first North American style facility of its kind, will offer scholarships to promote careers in health care. |


