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Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Medical Director For Florida Medicare

By Don Bethune

South Florida has become a major hub for the healthcare industry, with companies relocating to this region as a valuable market and international patients seeking facilities and services not available in their home countries. There are many choices available to consumers in this competitive managed market, positively influencing quality and affordability, such as UnitedHealthcareas Tenet hospitals.

Todayas signing of a renewal multi-year contract involving UnitedHealthcare and Tenet will integrate UnitedHealthcareas products, such as its commercial and Medicare goods, with Tenetas facilities, such as its fourteen acute care hospitals and its rehabilitation hospital, to cover inpatient and outpatient services.

This contract is yet another demonstration of how South Florida, as a major competitor for the BCS title, plays a chief role as a national hub of grassroots initiatives. Together, UnitedHealthcare and Tenet will continue to be an important healthcare provider for the region.

Much to the dismay of some 14,000 senior citizens, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida announced on September 10 that it would have to terminate a major health insurance plan in Floridaas Clay and Duval counties. The executive board pronounced its disappointment that they could not stay in the market any longer due to federal payments being in short supply.

Starting on January 1, following the suit of other insurers who have withdrawn their Medicare HMO plans due to a winding down in federal funding, Blue Cross and Blue Shieldas Medicare HMO, Medicare and More, will be withdrawn from Duval, Clay, and Pinellas counties, leaving the company with only one Medicare Choice plan in the region.

June 9, 2004 ia Floridaas nursing shortage has long been an area feared to create a health care crisis. In order to address this concern, Tenet Hospitals has granted the Nova Southeastern University Health Professions Division a $341,050 grant to be used over two years. This grant is to be used to help set up an accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program for entry level work, the first ever such program in Broward County.

A new contract was signed today between Tenet South Florida and CIGNA HealthCare. The agreement allows for all of South Floridaas 250,000 CIGNA managed care and PPO members to continue to have access to and receive both inpatient and outpatient services at Tenet South Florida hospitals and diagnostic centers.

According to President Andrew Crooks, this multi-year agreement with Tenet should serve as strong proof of CIGNA HealthCareas ongoing commitment to its members in terms of affordability, accessibility, and comprehensiveness of coverage, particularly its many valuable members in its long standing South Florida market. - 23211

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