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| United Healthcare and Fusion Sleep Announce New Agreement |
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| From Fusion Sleep - In the Community | |||
UnitedHealthcare commercial and Medicare plan participants in GA now have access to Fusion Sleep’s sleep-disorder programATLANTA, GA. (June 5, 2009) — UnitedHealthcare and Fusion Sleep have signed a long-term agreement making the services of Fusion Sleep’s sleep disorder program available to UnitedHealthcare commercial customers and its Medicare and Evercare members. The National Institute of Health reports that at least 40 million Americans suffer from chronic, long-term sleep disorders each year. They account for an estimated $16 billion annually in medical costs each year, while the indirect costs due to lost productivity and other factors are probably much greater. UnitedHealthcare of Georgia serves more than 1.4 million Georgians through a health care network of more than 13,700 physicians and 171 hospitals. About Fusion Sleep: Fusion Sleep (www.fusionsleep.com) restores health and increases quality of life for people suffering with sleep related disorders. Effective treatments enhance daytime function and energy, prevent chronic diseases and reduce risk for major accidents; commonly associated with sleep disorders. The Sleep Medicine Program services thousands of patients in Georgia, through locations in Metro Atlanta. The program’s physicians and clinicians are nationally recognized experts in targeted treatments for both children and adults. About UnitedHealthcare: UnitedHealthcare (www.unitedhealthcare.com) provides a full spectrum of consumer-oriented health benefit plans and services to individuals, public sector employers and businesses of all sizes, including more than half of the Fortune 100 companies. The company organizes access to quality, affordable health care services on behalf of more than 26 million individual consumers, contracting directly with approximately 590,000 physicians and care professionals and more than 4,900 hospitals to offer them broad, convenient access to services nationwide. UnitedHealthcare is one of the businesses of UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH), a diversified Fortune 50 health and well-being company.
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