Tokos Medical Corporation Partners with CIGNA HealthCare for Risk Screening and Patient Education Services

Strategic Insights -

Tokos Medical Corporation, a leading provider of obstetrical homecare services, has been selected as the preferred perinatal provider of risk screening and patient education services for CIGNA HealthCare. This partnership aims to provide high-quality care to CIGNA HealthCare's members, focusing on achieving healthier birth outcomes. The services will be integrated into CIGNA HealthCare's existing maternity care programs, targeting nearly 8 million lives covered, with over 50,000 deliveries per year.

Key Takeaways:

  • Tokos Medical Corporation will provide risk screening and patient education services to CIGNA HealthCare members, targeting healthier birth outcomes.
  • CIGNA HealthCare, one of the largest providers of HMOs and managed care companies, has selected Tokos as its preferred perinatal provider.
  • The partnership aims to educate and support women before, during, and after pregnancy, promoting healthy mothers and babies.
  • Tokos's programs will help guide women into the most appropriate care when pregnancies are threatened by medical, social, behavioral, or lifestyle conditions.
  • CIGNA HealthCare has sponsored one of the largest studies to date, evaluating corporate costs of high-risk pregnancies, covering nearly 60,000 mother and infant pairs.
  • The study found that the highest single component of total health care costs for most employers is expenses related to childbirth, ranging from 10% to 49%.
  • Dr. E.J. Smith, Medical Director for CIGNA HealthCare, emphasized the importance of considering preconception, prenatal, delivery, and postpartum care as one episode of care to correlate costs with care quality.
  • Terry Bayer, President of Tokos, expressed pride in working with CIGNA HealthCare, highlighting the company's commitment to mothers and babies.

Statistics:

  • CIGNA HealthCare cover nearly 8 million lives and approximately 50,000 deliveries per year.
  • The study on corporate costs of high-risk pregnancies evaluated nearly 60,000 mother and infant pairs.
  • Expenses related to childbirth ranged from 10% to 49% of total health care costs for most employers.
  • Tokos Medical Corporation provides obstetrical homecare services nationwide.

Sources:

  • "Tokos Medical Corporation Selected as Preferred Perinatal Provider for CIGNA HealthCare." (HealthWire, August 23, 1995)