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.
UnitedHealthcare announced today the signing of a multi-year contract renewing its relationship with Tenet South Florida. The contract, which covers all of UnitedHealthcare’s commercial products as well as its managed Medicare products, involves Tenet’s 14 acute care hospitals and one rehabilitation hospital in the South Florida area. The contract covers both 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.
Sep. 10Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida is discontinuing a plan serving 14,000 seniors in Clay and Duval counties because of inadequate federal payments.Florida was about to win a national title under Steve Spurrier. Florida State was in the midst of its mind-boggling run of four title-game appearances in five seasons. And Miami was about to experience a dominating renaissance under Butch Davis.
The company will withdraw its Medicare HMO, Medicare and More, from Duval, Clay and Pinellas counties effective Jan. 1. This Medicare and More plan was one of two remaining Medicare Choice plans in the area. Several other insurers withdrew their Medicare HMO products in past years citing insufficient federal funding, and Blue Cross said it had reached its breaking point.
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.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. Tenet South Florida today announced a new contract agreement enabling all CIGNA HealthCare Managed Care and PPO members in South Florida to continue receiving care at Tenet’s South Florida hospitals. Under the agreement, CIGNA HealthCare’s nearly 250,000 members in South Florida will have access to Tenet’s 15 hospitals and diagnostic centers for all covered inpatient and outpatient services
This multi-year agreement with Tenet is an important step in our ongoing commitment to provide CIGNA HealthCare members with affordable, accessible coverage through an extensive network of the area’s leading hospitals,” said Andrew Crooks, president and … “We pretty much started in Florida in 1988, and South Florida is our largest market within the state with 17 hospitals,” said
