Cigna + Oscar Expanding Health Plans For Small Business In Illinois

Cigna + Oscar is offering small business health insurance plans in Chicago (Cook County), Illinois and the counties of DuPage, Kane, Lake, and McHenry, Illinois. Covered employees will have access to $0 copay 24/7 virtual doctor visits, low-cost prescription coverage, behavioral health support, and Cigna’s networks of physicians, specialists, and hospitals.

Illinois small businesses with between one and 50 employees will have access to unique services driven by the combination of Cigna’s provider organization relationships and Oscar’s consumer-focused, tech-driven approach to customer service and care navigation, including:

Range of plan options across price points to meet the needs of every employee.
Behavioral health benefits to help keep teams productive and healthy.
Local and nationwide networks of quality physicians, hospitals, and specialists.
Cigna LocalPlus®, a locally designed network of quality provider organizations offering cost-effective medical care.
Cigna Open Access Plus network, a broad national network of quality, cost-effective provider organizations.
24/7 virtual urgent care to support employees at $0 copay.
Affordable and easy-to-access pharmacy services.
Express Scripts’ specialized pharmacists, nurses, and specialty drug experts.
Dedicated care team experts to help employees understand their benefits, find nearby care, and get the most value out of their plan.

Cigna and Oscar will share risk equally under a reinsurance agreement for solutions offered through this strategic partnership. They plan to expand the partnership over time.

Cigna Corporation is a global health service company. All products and services are provided exclusively by or through operating subsidiaries of Cigna Corporation, including Cigna Health and Life Insurance Company, Connecticut General Life Insurance Company, Evernorth companies or their affiliates, and Express Scripts companies or their affiliates. Such products and services include an integrated suite of health services, such as medical, dental, behavioral health, pharmacy, vision, supplemental benefits, and other related products. Cigna maintains sales capability in over 30 countries and jurisdictions, and has more than 190 million customer relationships throughout the world.

About Oscar Health, Inc. was founded in 2012 to be the first health insurance company built around a full-stack technology platform. As of June 30, 2021, Oscar had approximately 560,000 members. It offers individual and family, small group, and Medicare Advantage plans. It provides its full-stack technology platform, +Oscar, to others within the provider organization and payer space.

This was reported by Cigna and Oscar on September 9, 2021.

Contact Information: Courtney Nogas, Cigna, 900 Cottage Grove Rd., Bloomfield, CT 06002; 860-902-5531; Email: courtney.nogas@cigna.com; Website: www.cigna.com

Contact Information: Jackie Kahn, Oscar Health, 295 Lafayette Street, New York, New York 10012; 202-538-0128; Email: JKahn@hioscar.com; Website: www.hioscar.com

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COVID-19 Risk Management Plan August 11, 2021

We are excited to return to sunny southern California for The 2021 OPEN MINDS Management Best Practices Institute at the picturesque Newport Beach Marriott Hotel & Spa, August 23-26, 2021. To help plan your in-person attendance, visit https://openminds.com/live-mbpi/ for a schedule of events happening throughout the week.

The resurgence of the COVID Delta variant has certainly created new challenges for the country and for our families. Fortunately, the available COVID vaccinations have been very successful in preventing symptomatic infections and illness. But I did want to let you know that our team at OPEN MINDS is committed to making our executive events as safe as possible and have an active risk management plan in place. I wanted to share with you the key elements of our plan:

Masking. Every participant will receive a mask as part of their registration materials. Unvaccinated people will be required to wear masks – and vaccinated attendees will be encouraged to wear masks. If the local or state governments have more restrictive standards (including mandatory masking or requiring proof of vaccination) at the time of our institutes, we will follow those standards.

Social Distancing. We are working with the event venue to hold all sessions in the largest possible rooms with seating as far apart as possible. In order to accomplish this, we ask that you select in advance the sessions you plan to attend in-person at the event venue. This will assist us with room and seating arrangements.

Outdoor Events. Where possible, we will use outdoor spaces for networking events and smaller sessions.

Hand Sanitation. Hand sanitation stations are available throughout the event venue and hand sanitizer is included in your registration materials, courtesy of our partner, Qualifacts+Credible.

Virtual Sessions. Every session will be partially or fully available in a virtual capacity:

We are livestreaming via GoToWebinar our plenary sessions – keynote addresses and plenary panels. You can participate online from your hotel room (or from your home office if you can’t attend on-site). We will be accepting questions from both the onsite and online audiences.
Each executive seminar is being offered at two separate times, one live at the event venue and the other exclusively for virtual attendees.
We are recording the audio for each session – and will post the audio along with presentation materials after each session.
A virtual exhibit hall will be available with access to all exhibitor contact information, product demos, and engagement opportunities.

We will continue to monitor any changes in the CDC recommendations for the continued safety of the public. If you have any concerns or questions, feel free to reach out to a member of our team at events@openminds.com or by phone at 877-350-6463. We look forward to seeing you at The 2021 OPEN MINDS Management Best Practices Institute.

Monica E. Oss
Chief Executive Officer
OPEN MINDS

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