In UK, CIGNA HealthCare is one of leading providers of managed employee healthcare benefits and services, whose official website is www.cigna.co.uk. They offer medical insurance, cover for expatriates dental plans, absence management and occupational health services, cash plans and health management programmes. CIGNA healthcare fee schedule information is mentioned below.

Screenshot of CIGNA Fee schedule page

CIGNA HealthCare is part of the Clinical Coding and Schedule Development (CCSD) group among 4 major private insurers. This group was created for managing the development of coding standards which used in the private medical sector.

About CIGNA:

As the result of a merger between Connecticut General Life Insurance Company (CG) and Insurance Company of North America (INA), CIGNA was founded in 1982. The CIGNA Corporation is one of the few health benefits companies with a complete portfolio of health, pharmacy, behavioral, dental, disability, life, accident and international businesses. During July 2006, CIGNA is ranked 130 in the Fortune 500 and during July 2005 CIGNA is ranked 333 in the Global 500. CIGNA International functions in 29 countries and jurisdictions and services expatriates in over 170 countries and jurisdictions around the world. CIGNA manages a global employee workforce of some 1,900 experienced professionals and a distribution force of some 2,800.

CIGNA Fee Schedule

On the website of CIGNA, you can get CIGNA Fee Schedule page by clicking on Providers option, which is located at right side of the homepage then select link Open our fee schedule. You can search the Fee Schedule by one or more options like code, keyword, category, and complexity. For getting provider facilities, you require to complete application form.

The CIGNA Fee Schedule includes details of the maximum fees payable for surgical and non surgical procedures, encompassing all pre and post-operative care like the management of all common complications relating to the condition being treated. Codes have been introduced to date to more precisely describe modern medical practice. New codes have been added, split or merged, plus significant number have been cancelled to reflect the present set of procedures practiced for that specialty.

Fee Schedule of CIGNA includes relativities based fair and reasonable maximum fees, which reflect such factors as complexity, duration and comparing one procedure with another. CIGNA identifies that the complexities of procedures may change slowly over time due to developing medical practice. CIGNA keeps their approach to specialist fees under incessant review.

Contact details:

• Helpline of fee schedule: 01475 492145 (press option 3)
• Fax: 01475 492116
• Email: Provider.Affairs@CIGNA.com

Source: http://www.cigna.co.uk/Providers/index.aspx

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