Here are five key points:
1. The care programs are part of Cigna Collaborative Care, a value-based model that utilizes incentives to engage healthcare professionals and facilitate improved health, affordability and customer experience.
2. Initially, Cigna Collaborative Care focused on large primary care physician groups, and has since expanded to include small primary care practices and specialists as well as hospitals.
3. Midwest Center for Women’s HealthCare and Cigna’s program works to minimize unnecessary cesarean deliveries and potential avoidable complications. It also aims to increase necessary vaccinations.
4. Through Cigna’s program with Alexian Brothers Clinically Integrated Network, the nearly 3,240 individuals covered by a Cigna health plan can receive care from 260 affiliated healthcare professionals. Additionally, Alexian Brothers Clinically Integrated Network will monitor and coordinate every aspect of an individual’s medical care.
5. Under the care programs, Cigna will pay Alexian Brothers Clinically Integrated Network and Midwest Center for Women’s HealthCare for the medical and care coordination services they administer. If the organizations meet targets for enhancing quality and reducing medical costs, Cigna will reward the organizations through a “pay for value” structure.
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