UnitedHealth Group Inc. : UnitedHealthcare Offers New Health Plan Featuring "High-Performance Networks" in California
05/03/2012| 11:05am US/Eastern
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SignatureValue Alliance gives California employers additional
quality, cost-effective health care coverage options for their
employees
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New plan portfolio features high-performance networks that
deliver evidence-based, cost-efficient care
UnitedHealthcare is offering "SignatureValue Alliance" in California, a
new health benefits plan featuring high-performance care provider
networks committed to delivering effective, evidence-based and
cost-efficient care.
The SignatureValue Alliance plan enables employers and plan participants
to save on their health care costs through lower premiums while still
having access to a wide range of traditional and deductible HMO plans.
The Alliance network includes six large physician groups in Southern
California and parts of Northern California that include 90 hospitals
and about 26,000 physicians and specialists. Participating Alliance
physician groups include: HealthCare Partners Medical Group, Heritage
Provider Network, Monarch HealthCare Medical Group, PrimeCare Medical
Group, Santé Community Physicians, and Scripps Health.
"UnitedHealthcare SignatureValue Alliance offers the quality and value
employers are looking for when choosing their health coverage because it
combines the affordability of an HMO with access to high-quality health
care professionals," said David Anderson, CEO, UnitedHealthcare of
Southern California. "Plan participants enjoy comprehensive health
benefits coverage and access to a wide, local care provider network of
quality doctors and hospitals."
The participating medical groups were included based on technological
sophistication, clinical performance and quality measures, and an
ability to deliver health care cost savings. High-performance networks,
which include physicians rated both on quality and efficiency measures,
are becoming increasingly popular as a way to improve outcomes and more
effectively manage costs.
"UnitedHealthcare's SignatureValue Alliance provides California
employers with a new health plan option that is helping provide
high-quality, cost-effective care," said Alissa Viggianelli, vice
president, Marrs Maddocks & Associates, a Carlsbad-based health benefits
broker. "This type of high-performance care provider network is both
innovative and an important step in helping California employers
continue to offer quality health benefits to their employees."
About UnitedHealthcare
UnitedHealthcare
is dedicated to helping people nationwide live healthier lives by
simplifying the health care experience, meeting consumer health and
wellness needs, and sustaining trusted relationships with care
providers. The company offers the full spectrum of health benefit
programs for individuals, employers and Medicare and Medicaid
beneficiaries, and contracts directly with more than 650,000 physicians
and care professionals and 5,000 hospitals nationwide. UnitedHealthcare
serves more than 38 million people and is one of the businesses of
UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH), a diversified Fortune 50 health and
well-being company.
UnitedHealthcare
Will Shanley, 714-204-8005
will.shanley@uhc.com
© Business Wire 2012
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