UnitedHealthcareas Tenet hospitals are just one of the many options available in South Floridaas rapidly burgeoning healthcare market, due largely to the regionas probable economic growth and its demographics needing healthcare, creating a marketplace of managed competition that drives costs down and encourages higher quality services.
Today was another momentous day in South Floridaas healthcare market, with the signing of the new multi-year contract between UnitedHealthcare and Tenet, which will cover inpatient and outpatient services, UnitedHealthcareas commercial products and managed Medicare products, and Tenetas acute care hospitals and its rehabilitation hospital.
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.
September 10 marked a halt in what seemed to be Floridaas phenomenal success ia Florida was on its way to win the national title, the past five seasons have seen Florida State appear in four title games, and Miami was finally back in the fighting ring. The Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida announced that it is being forced to discontinue services in Clay and Duval counties, affecting approximately 14,000 people.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield seems to be no different than the other insurance companies who have been forced by lacking federal funding to cease offering Medicare HMO products. Effective January 1, Blue Cross will withdraw one of its two Medicare Choice plans, Medicare and More, from Duval, Clay, and Pinellas counties.
On June 9, 2004, Tenet Hospitals announced that it was awarding a two-year $341,050 grant to Nova Southeastern University (NSU)as Health Professions Division to established Broward countyas first entry level accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree program to address Floridaas nursing shortage.
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.