CIGNA Online Enrollment to Debut in January
2007
Will complement new suite of online self-service
tools
Managing benefits enrollment and plan administration
can be a complex and time consuming process. CIGNA
offers a suite of consumer benefit solutions, including
online enrollment and ongoing life event management
capabilities, to help simplify this process. We
provide our customers and their employees with
self-service tools that are secure, convenient
and flexible.
CIGNA Online Enrollment, which
provides consumers with convenient, self-service,
secure enrollment and life status change capabilities,
is available to all employers with 200 or more
employees for January 1, 2007. This includes online
access to benefit summaries and provider directories
for all carriers’ plans offered by the employer,
a glossary of key health care terms and a contacts
page for issues and inquiries.
Key differentiators for CIGNA Online Enrollment
are our robust Life Event Management rules and
workflows, which can be defined by the employer
and managed online, and our ability to support
multiple carriers enrollment, providing one online
enrollment solution for the customer.
CIGNA Plan SelectorSM,
available to all employers with 200 or more employees
for January 1, 2007, combines the ease and convenience
of online enrollment with tools to help employees
choose the health benefits plan that’s best
for them. For employees, this provides a comprehensive
resource for comparing plan features, enrolling
and updating information throughout the year. For
employers, Plan Selector offers an easy, convenient
way to manage enrollment. Access for employers
and employees is available online, anytime.
Key Features for Employers:
- Define eligibility and manage other aspects
of plan administration
- Administer multiple plan offerings with multiple
carriers
- Create reports
- Offer awards to encourage participation in
health management and wellness programs
Key Features for Employees:
- Estimate how much they will use covered services,
such as doctor visits, medications and specialty
care, and calculate the approximate cost
- Compare plans based on anticipated out-of-pocket
costs, payroll deduction and employer contribution
- Review benefit summaries
- Search for providers
- Choose and enroll in their benefit plan
CIGNA Plan Selector integrates online enrollment
with key consumer decision support tools
– when employees use these tools to make
benefit decisions, they become more actively engaged
consumers and increase the likelihood that they
will choose the plan that is best for them. Currently
there is a gap in the marketplace due to fragmentation
of these tools, as they are often separate from
the online enrollment application. CIGNA Plan Selector
helps to make it easier for employees to review
and evaluate information and then enroll online
seamlessly in one application.
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