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Cigna discontinues some California health plans for 2016

October 20, 2015 By Kevin Knauss Leave a Comment

Cigna_300_logoCigna will be discontinuing some off-exchange plans the following plans and moving current members to an equivalent health plan. The marketing term “myCigna” preceding 2015 non-standard benefit design plans is being dropped on some plans, but the overall benefit design will remain the same. For example, myCigna California Platinum will now be called Cigna California Platinum.

Discontinued Plan                                                Equivalent New Plan

myCigna Health Flex Bronze 5500 will become Cigna Health Flex 6400

myCigna Health Savings Silver 3400 will become Cigna Health Savings 2700

myCigna Health Flex Silver 2750 will become Cigna Health Flex 3000

myCigna Health Flex Silver 5000 will become Cigna Health Flex 3000

myCigna Health Flex Gold 1000 will become Cigna California Gold

Cigna will offer four non-standard benefit designs plans in the Bronze and Silver metal tier levels for 2016.

  • Health Savings 6100 Bronze
  • Health Flex 6400 Bronze
  • Health Savings 2700 Silver
  • Health Flex 3000 Silver

A notable difference between Cigna’s non-standard plans and the standard benefit design plan is that the non-standard plans will not have the Prescription Drug Cap found in the standard benefit design plans.

Cigna will offer health plans off the exchange in select counties in California. In the Bay Area: Alameda, Contra Costa, Santa Clara, San Francisco and San Mateo. Southern California: Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino, Riverside and San Diego.

Cigna health plans will use the Localplus PPO Network. In Northern California that will include major hospitals and physician groups (subject to change)-

Northern California Hospitals

  • El Camino Hospital (Mountain View)
  • Good Samaritan Hospital (San Jose)
  • John Muir Medical Center (Walnut Creek, Concord)
  • Lucile Salter Packard Children’s Hospital (Palo Alto)
  • Regional Medical Center of San Jose (San Jose)
  • Stanford Hospital (Palo Alto)
  • University of California San Francisco (UCSF) (San Francisco)
  • Washington Hospital (Fremont)

Northern California Physician Groups

  • Dignity Health Medical Group (Burlingame)
  • Hill Physicians (coverage in Alameda, Contra Costa and San Francisco)
  • John Muir Health Physician Group (Walnut Creek, Concord)
  • Santa Clara County IPA (San Coastal Medical Center (IPA) (San Diego)
  • Stanford University Clinic Physicians (Palo Alto)
  • University of California San Francisco (UCSF) Faculty and Medical Group (San Francisco)

Cigna LocalPlus PPO Network Southern California

Hospitals

  • All UC Medical Centers (UCLA, UCSD, UCR, UCI)
  • Providence St. John’s (Santa Monica)
  • Providence St. Joseph’s (Burbank)
  • West Hills Medical Center
  • Hoag Memorial Hospital (Newport Beach)
  • Scripps Hospital (San Diego)
  • Sharp Memorial Hospital (San Diego)
  • John F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital (Indio)
  • Riverside Community Hospital (Riverside)

Physician Groups

  • Beaver Medical Group(Riverside and San Bernardino)
  • Bright Health Physicians(Los Angeles)
  • Facey Medical Foundation(Los Angeles)
  • HealthCare Partners(Los Angeles and Orange)
  • Riverside Medical Clinic(Riverside)
  • Scripps Clinic and Scripps Coastal Medical Center (IPA) (San Diego)
  • Sharp Rees-Stealy Medical Group (San Diego)
  • St. Joseph’s Heritage Medical Group (Orange)

To download documents related to health plans, dental plans, and plan comparisons please visit: Cigna California ACA Health Plans

 

Filed Under: Cigna Tagged With: Cigna

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