Join us as we examine solutions for identifying and reducing absence risk. See how employers like you are effectively managing their employees' absences and productivity, and learn what steps you can take to help improve absence management.
A division of Cigna HealthCare, Cigna Voluntary offers limited-benefit health plans for hourly employees, serving industries such as hospitality, retail, staffing and construction. These benefit plans offer an affordable health insurance option while helping employers
• reduce turnover • improve recruiting • stabilize benefit expenses within their hourly workforces
At Cigna, we don’t just respond to what you need, we anticipate it. Our focus on addressing risks before they become problems helps ensure long-term health. When we find a potential issue, we connect you with health coaches who provide personalized motivation and information.
Cigna Living Benefits helps employees cope with the financial burdens caused by an unexpected illness. The optional plan feature allows covered employees who are diagnosed with terminal or critical illnesses to get an early payout of a portion of their life insurance proceeds.
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Simplifying Communication
Simplifying Communication
With all the confusing jargon, it’s a challenge for your employees to understand and get full value from your health plan. Read our tips to help you create communication that will help them get the most care at the least cost.
Watch our six-part series of short wellness videos featuring simple but practical tips for healthier living. Our health advocates can help people with a wide variety of health and wellness issues, such as stress management, weight loss, physical activity, sleep and nutrition.
Playing Re-Mission, a video game developed for teens with cancer, improved treatment adherence and increased cancer-related knowledge for adolescents and young adults. Read the entire summary and conclusions in the white paper.
Preventive care coverage through Cigna is updated to comply with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), the new health care reform law. Read our detailed code for health care professionals, including information about our new coverage and changes to both ICD-9 codes and CPT codes.
If good health is its own reward, consider this a bonus. Cigna Healthy Rewards includes special offers on programs and services designed to help you enhance your health and wellness.
The Cigna Care designation distinguishes doctors based on specific quality and cost-efficiency measures. We evaluate doctors every year, using a standardized methodology that incorporates feedback and other measures.
Well Aware for Better Health, Cigna's personalized program for chronic conditions, can help people who have not had good results with their current treatments.
Read more about our exclusive approach to supporting people with certain chronic conditions, including diabetes and depression.
Did you know that when a dentist diagnoses gum disease, it could be a sign of other serious health problems? Get the details and learn more about why good dental care is so important.
Make your holidays both memorable and enjoyable. Check out our wellness worksheet for the ten keys to creating healthy holidays. Our interactive activities can help you discover your pain points and think through solutions to taming holiday stress.
The Employee Assistance Program (EAP) helps people manage life's challenges through counseling and referrals. Whether it's finding day care for children, helping ease stressful situations or navigating a financial crisis, EAPs can help. Don't be afraid to use it—otherwise, it's like leaving money on the table.
Teach kids about the importance of brushing with this fun sing along: "baby teeth fall out one day, but permanent teeth are here to stay." Through simple lyrics, this song explains how to brush, when to brush, and the importance of flossing and fighting cavities.
Looking to create a great health and wellness program for your organization? Learn how one employer designed and implemented a successful health and wellness program called "A Passport to Wellness."
Learn how to keep you and your family safe from the potential dangers of prescription medications. Get the details to help you know exactly what’s in your medicine cabinet, and how to store and display your prescription drugs safely.
Mark Evans never dreamed that his everyday work as an industrial engineer manager might be a challenge. In one day, a motorcycle accident changed everything. Read about how his employer-offered Cigna disability insurance and innovative case management helped him regain a sense of normalcy.
Get strategies for quitting smoking and staying smoke-free. Whether you’re ready to quit today, or just starting to think about quitting, our tools and information can help you reach your goal. We also have advice on dealing with relapses, as well as quitting smoke-free tobacco.
Learn how to help engage your employees in their personal health plans. Our web seminar explains how to develop supportive and encouraging partnership programs, which can help enhance the overall health, productivity and quality of life of your employees.
To help you estimate how much life coverage you might need, we have put together two different tools. Our Protection Quiz can give you a ballpark range of coverage amounts, while our Needs Analysis Worksheet is more detailed and provides you with an opportunity to refine how much life insurance you may need to help secure your family’s financial health.
Poor emotional health can have a negative impact on physical health. For example, the risk for a heart attack is increased by 2.5 times in people with clinical depression. Find out how emotional vitality can help your body’s immune system work better.
Cigna Health Advocate Kathleen talks about the power of positive thinking. It has been shown to help you live longer, strengthen your immune system, relieve stress-and even make the people around you feel better, too.
Confused about health care? Want to know what things like HIPAA, ASO and Universal Health Care really mean? Our health care 101 article can help you make sense of the basics.
More and more, children’s free time is spent in front of televisions, computers or playing video games. Learn about a few easy ways to get kids active.
With Cigna, you'll get quality coverage, customer service and choice. It's the protection you and your loved ones need to manage your health. Learn how we make it easy to get a quote and apply for coverage for all your individual and family needs.
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How to Choose the Right Plan
How to Choose the Right Plan
It’s important to have guidance and support when choosing a health insurance plan that meets your needs. Our easy-to-understand list of tips will help you learn what you need to know about choosing a plan and help guide you to the right choice.
Accomplishing a goal can be as much about how you get there as it is about getting there. Sometimes when going for a hard-to-reach goal, it can feel like it’s something you’ll never achieve. A reward system can help you stay focused and motivated.
As our parents age, many of us will be stepping into the caretaker role. But you can’t be a good caretaker if you’re not taking care of yourself. Get advice on available resources and how to lighten the load.
Healthy eating doesn’t have to be expensive. From knowing what to make from scratch, to selecting healthy replacements to more expensive items, our tips can put more money in your wallet, and less inches on your waistline.
There are many reasons why a good night of sleep is important-for heart health, healthy weight, and a good mood and youthful skin. Cigna offers tips that can help you get enough sleep.
Your one-stop shopping resource for health care reform, Informed on Reform keeps you up-to-date on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA).
WHEN'S THE LAST TIME YOU DID SOMETHING FOR THE FIRST TIME?
Making Enrollment Easy
Making Enrollment Easy
Be prepared for open enrollment. Our tips can make the process simpler and more efficient. Spend some time thinking about your health care needs and review important differences in your plan options to understand what’s covered and what’s not.
Can a few crunches or a short walk here and there make a real difference? You bet. Keep your metabolism up by squeezing in little bites of exercise every day.
Our year-long series of podcasts features health tips you may not have heard before. Find out how falling in love and watching TV can actually help make you healthier.
Re-Mission™ is a specially designed video game for teens and young adults with cancer. Studies have shown that playing Re-Mission improves treatment adherence and increases cancer-related knowledge for adolescents and young adults.
More than 300 Cigna volunteers work to reduce our carbon footprint, through projects like GreenSTEPS, our Sustainability Team for Environmental Protection and Stewardship.
Getting your prescriptions filled by a home delivery pharmacy can save you money and time. Prescription drugs can be delivered to you at home, work or even on vacation. Pharmacists are ready to answer your questions 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and every discussion is completely confidential.
Already a customer? You might be familiar with our explanation of benefits (EOB). See how your benefits are working for you with this easy-to-understand document. It shows you the costs associated with the medical care you’ve received.
Cigna Mobile offers instant access to locating in-network doctors, hospitals, urgent care centers, dentists and pharmacies. Plus, pharmacy customers can review their covered drugs, compare prices and speed-dial Cigna Home Delivery Pharmacy through the Prescription Drug Price Quote Tool.
Our mobile learning lab travels the country to provide interesting, interactive ways to learn how to make a positive impact on health. It’s a signal of our commitment to our customers and communities, and it shows people that change is possible.
Cigna is proud to support the creation of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial. We’re commemorating Dr. King’s life by helping to establish a memorial to honor his national and international contributions to world peace through non-violent social change.
Leading a healthy, smoke-free and active lifestyle, Francie never imagined she would be a breast cancer survivor. Learn about how her personal health advocate helped her navigate the process.
Have you thought about what could happen to you or your family if you were unable to work due to illness or injury? You may think you have enough in savings, but that amount is usually less than what you need to pay bills and day-to-day living expenses. To get an idea of how much you rely on your income each month, try our Disability Income Needs Calculator.
Many people who already have preventive benefits don’t use them. Don’t let your preventive benefits go unused. That’s leaving money on the table and putting your health on the line.
The eyes and mouth play important roles in health and productivity. Early detection and prevention of both dental and vision problems can improve outcomes and increase overall health. Learn more in this insightful webinar about the rewards of dental and vision benefits.
Help your patients avoid after-the-fact financial surprises. The Cigna Cost of Care Estimator® can help patients see: • What they may owe for services • What their medical plan benefits will cover • What they will have to pay out-of-pocket
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Don't Limit Yourself
Don't Limit Yourself
If you're a part-time or hourly worker in a high-turnover industry, you need to know what to look for in a quality limited-benefit health plan. We can help.
Help your employees manage their lives so you can manage your business. The Cigna Employee Assistance Program (EAP) Portfolio is a three-tiered EAP offering that gives you a variety of plan options to help enhance overall productivity within your organization and proactively control absences and disability costs.
How you cook food is as important as what you eat. Learn the best ways to cook healthier and some simple rules for cooking food without losing vitamins, minerals and antioxidants.
Cigna entered into a strategic alliance with HealthPartners, Inc. in 2007. Under this arrangement, Cigna and HealthPartners jointly market in a select geographic area. Find out what health care professionals need to know.
Stretching reduces injury and improves concentration and flexibility. So why do we always cut corners on this step in our workout? Learn what you can do to make sure you stretch after a workout.
When you cough or sneeze, both your hands can spread disease. Grab your kids and listen to this short, upbeat song about washing hands. Your kids will learn when to wash their hands and why it’s so important.
Create a culture of health at work and at home. Which challenge will your organization work on next? • Colorful plates • Minutes in motion • Power breakfast • Snack attack • Smart servings • Drink think
During these tough economic times, it's natural for people to feel more stressed, especially during the holiday season. But you can take control and manage the stress. Learn about ways to regain control.
Get practical insights into how you can help workers stay healthy and fully engaged on the job, or help them return to work following a disabling event. Plus, learn how to measure a return on investment for productivity.
Heat stroke, heat exhaustion and muscle cramps—known as hyperthermia—can be deadly. But you don’t have to give up your workout when it’s hot. Find out how to minimize the effects of heat so you can stay active.
Surviving a layoff holds its own set of challenges. If your company offers an employee assistance program, use it. It’s free and confidential. And, if you feel like you can't keep up at your current job, talk to your boss about issues such as workload, and set priorities and goals that are fair and achievable.
Read our newsletter for health care professionals. This issue focuses on cultural competency—improving patient compliance and helping to increase quality of care. We’ve also included policy, pharmacy and integration updates.
Find out how much smoking is costing you with our interactive tool. This tool calculates how much money you have spent on cigarettes in the past or how much you will spend on them in the future.
Cigna takes a unique approach to helping to improve the quality, affordability and experience of care. It’s called Collaborative Accountable Care. Through this approach, we focus on information, clinical collaboration and consultation.
Wearing a seat belt is one of the most important things you can do to reduce your risk of injury and death. Learn why and how to make seat belts more comfortable.
Every minute of every day, someone needs blood. That blood can only come from a volunteer donor. Join Cigna in our mission to maintain a safe and stable blood supply by making an appointment to donate blood today.
Read our smart ways to decrease your out-of-pocket health care expenses, from saving on medications to talking to your doctor about care. We also include tips on antibiotics and phone consultations.
It's hard to get at and stay at a healthy weight. But you can help yourself succeed just by thinking you can succeed. If you encourage yourself with thoughts like, "I can do this," you'll increase your chances of success.
Helping people stay healthy makes good business sense. Healthy people cost less, are more productive and contribute more to the performance of your organization. We have everything you need to create a wellness program and build a culture of health and wellness in your workplace.
By integrating our clinical approach across medical and pharmacy plans, and implementing effective cost-management programs, we can help improve the health of your plan participants, help lower your overall health care costs and generate a greater Return On HealthSM.
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