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    October 19, 2009      

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CIGNA HealthCare Shared Administration PPO Network


Your Best Benefit - Your Greatest Savings

To receive the best benefits for your heath care needs, we encourage you to use our PPO Network. You will receive significant discounts and minimal out-of-pocket cost when you use a PPO Network Provider. You have a choice of quality providers in a PPO network that has received accreditation from the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) for your medical care.

CIGNA HealthCare Shared Administration PPO Network has a large national presence for network access. Your identification card displays their network logo that will allow you discounts and enhanced savings for 6,670 general acute care hospitals, 12,327 facilities and 1,205,094 specialists and primary care physicians. You have great PPO benefits when you choose a network hospital or a network provider:

  • Maternity Benefits for hospitalization, delivery, anesthesia and other services- 100% Benefits!
  • Non-Maternity admissions - 100% Benefits with the exception of a $200 copayment per admission!
  • Only $15 copayment - per office, outpatient visit or consultation
  • Only $15 copayment - for physical, occupational, or speech therapy visit
  • Anesthesiologist, Surgeon and Other Health Care Professionals services - 85% Benefits!
  • Outpatient hospital - 85% Benefits!
  • Lab Corp and Quest Diagnostics laboratory services that they perform - 100% Benefits!

You also have access to the Hospital Comparison Tool that allows you to compare all hospitals by procedure and diagnosis. This tool compares hospitals in a given geographic area based on statistics such as number of patients treated per year for this procedure, the average length of stay, and the average cost. This information allows you to make an informed health care decision.


To locate a PPO provider or hospital, or to verify that your provider participates in the CIGNA HealthCare Shared Administration PPO network:

Call 1-877-220-NALC (6252)
or
visit our
CIGNA HealthCare Shared Administration Online Provider Directory

A provider listed in the directory does not guarantee that they are a covered provider under the terms of the Plan or that their services are covered by the NALC Health Benefit Plan. This is a summary of some of the features of the NALC Health Benefit Plan. For questions regarding covered providers or benefits, contact the NALC Health Benefit Plan or refer to the NALC Health Benefit Plan brochure RI 71-009 for detailed information regarding your benefits. All benefits are subject to the defiinitions, limitations, and exclusions set forth in the official brochure.