AeA Endorses UnitedHealthcare As Its Preferred National Health Care Insurer
Posted on: Wednesday, 27 September 2006, 09:01 CDT
WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- AeA and UnitedHealthcare entered into an agreement under which AeA has endorsed UnitedHealthcare as its preferred national health care insurer, with UnitedHealthcare underwriting health benefits coverage for AeA member companies.
Established in 1943, AeA (formerly the American Electronics Association) is the nation's largest high-tech trade association with 2,500 member companies representing all segments of the high-tech industry. UnitedHealthcare is a UnitedHealth Group company.
AeA had offered a comprehensive, nationwide employee health insurance program for 27 years through another health plan. The new partnership with UnitedHealthcare enables AeA member companies and their affiliated brokers and consultants to tailor health benefits for employees and their dependants with UnitedHealthcare's flexible plan offerings, administrative efficiency and powerful technology tools.
"To ensure our member companies have access to affordable, quality health care, we selected UnitedHealthcare as our preferred health insurer after having evaluated a number of important considerations," said William T. Archey, president and CEO of AeA. "We believe our member companies will appreciate UnitedHealthcare's nationwide presence, competitive price and plan design, excellent physician and hospital networks and best-in-class technology."
AeA offers its member companies access to a host of comprehensive programs, including health insurance. UnitedHealthcare will provide a range of traditional and consumer-driven plans to meet the needs of AeA member companies regardless of size.
Companies can choose from a number of plans and programs that include features typically available only to large employers, including: access to HSAs and HRAs; 24-hour NurseLine access; wellness representatives assigned specifically to AeA member companies; easy-to-use cost and quality information for physicians and hospitals; and online self-service tools that enable employees to access their personal health records, plan transactions and account information at any time.
"UnitedHealthcare understands that in today's competitive global environment, AeA's high-tech member companies care deeply about the cost of health care insurance," said Kevin Ruth, CEO of UnitedHealthcare's Mid- Atlantic region. "At UnitedHealthcare, we believe that quality health care promotes affordable health care. As a business partner with AeA, we will leverage our resources to provide health care solutions and tools that engage employees more directly in their own health and health care decisions and provide them with information about health care quality and costs so they can make more informed health care choices."
About AeA
AeA, founded in 1943, is a nationwide trade association that represents all segments of the technology industry and is dedicated solely to helping our members' top line and bottom line. We do this in partnership with our small, medium, and large member companies by lobbying governments at the state, federal, and international levels, providing access to capital and business opportunities, and offering select business services and networking programs. For more information, please visit http://www.aeanet.org/.
About UnitedHealthcare
UnitedHealthcare (http://www.unitedhealthcare.com/) provides a full spectrum of consumer-oriented health benefit plans and services, helping approximately 25 million individual consumers nationwide achieve improved health and well-being through various health service systems. UnitedHealthcare arranges access to quality, affordable care with more than 500,000 physicians and care professionals and 4,600 hospitals across America. UnitedHealthcare is one of the businesses of UnitedHealth Group , a diversified Fortune 50 health and well-being company.
AeA
CONTACT: Anne Caliguiri of AeA, +1-202-682-4443, oranne_caliguiri@aeanet.org; or Lynne High of UnitedHealthcare, +1-952-992-5708,or lynne_m_high@uhc.com
Web site: http://www.aeanet.org/http://www.unitedhealthcare.com/
Source: PRNewswire
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