Apr 21, 2022
The last thing anyone wants to worry about while traveling for work or on vacation is how to get good health care if you need it during your trip. A new agreement between Kaiser Permanente and Cigna will ease that concern for our members, starting this fall.
Kaiser Permanente will launch a new feature in August that will give members who are away from home access to Cigna’s national network of physicians and providers, should you need emergency or urgent care during your travels.
Coupled with the recently launched virtual Get Care Now service, which gives you 24/7 access to care from Kaiser Permanente health care professionals by phone and video, you’ll have even more ways to get care when and how you need it — virtually and in person.
Currently, members who get urgent care while traveling may be asked by the provider to pay up front for their services, and then submit a claim to Kaiser Permanente for reimbursement. As part of this improved experience coming in August, members will be able to access Cigna’s extensive national directory of physicians and other care providers, to find convenient care if you need it while traveling. Members will only be responsible for your regular copay or other cost share.
This will be available to your small and large Kaiser groups. More information on this new access to Cigna’s provider network for urgent or emergency care will be provided in the coming months, before it launches in August.
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