NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. - January 19, 2010 - The CIGNA/TriZetto health service offering is gaining significant marketplace momentum since it was launched in July 2009. Designed to deliver CIGNA provider quality, accessibility and savings programs for third-party administrators (TPAs) using TriZetto's QicLink™ product line, the CIGNA/TriZetto offering already has been adopted by seven TPA clients, TriZetto announced today.

The joint CIGNA/TriZetto services offering enables TriZetto's TPA clients to deliver efficient and affordable benefit and administration solutions to the self-funded markets they serve. Through the TriZetto Premier Partnership Program™, the program offers national access to CIGNA services offerings such as reinsurance, out-of-network contract and fee negotiation and large-case management, combined with TriZetto's remote claims processing services and the QicLink core administration technology.

Douglas Morse, president of Group Insurance Service Center, Inc. in Pembroke, Mass., was one of the first TriZetto clients to contract with CIGNA for this solution and is enthusiastic about the new business opportunities he is seeing as a result. "Quote activity has increased dramatically since this new service offering has become part of our play book," he said.

Bruce Flunker, president of Employee Benefit Consultants, Inc. based in Milwaukee, Wisc., with additional sites in Kentucky and Ohio, also has found the CIGNA/TriZetto service offering to be a highly valuable tool for his operation. According to Flunker, "The CIGNA offering from TriZetto enables us to support employer groups beyond our current territory with a nationally based service. We are using this capability to significantly expand our operation and help us win new business in the year ahead."

The joint CIGNA/TriZetto service solution is part of the TriZetto Premier Partnership Program, an exclusive offering that leverages the company's industry-leading QicLink claims administration platform, and its largest single source of self-funded employer membership, to generate attractive pricing, packaging and QicLink system integration.

Joe Manheim, senior vice president of benefits administration for TriZetto, is pleased that clients are capitalizing on the value of this innovative strategy. "This offering delivers on the promise we made to our clients when we first established the TriZetto Premier Partnership Program - to provide affordable, high quality, QicLink-integrated products and services to help TPAs effectively manage the cost and quality of care and gain significant competitive advantage in their markets," he said.

"We wanted to give our clients a unique solution they can use to reduce benefit plan expense and capture new business, and we have succeeded," Manheim continued.

About the TriZetto Premier Partnership Program

The TriZetto Premier Partnership Program is an exclusive offering that leverages the company's industry-leading QicLink claims administration platform, and its largest single source of self-funded employer membership, to generate attractive pricing, packaging and QicLink system integration from key businesses to support Integrated Healthcare Management (IHM) initiatives.

TriZetto's industry vision, IHM is the systematic application of processes, shared information and aligned incentives to optimize the coordination of benefits and care for the healthcare consumer.

About CIGNA

CIGNA, a global health service company, is dedicated to helping people improve their health, well-being and sense of security. CIGNA Corporation's operating subsidiaries provide an integrated suite of medical, dental, behavioral health, pharmacy and vision care benefits, as well as group life, accident and disability insurance, to approximately 46 million people throughout the United States and around the world.

About TriZetto

Founded in 1997, TriZetto is the leading privately held healthcare information technology company to the healthcare payer industry. With its technology touching half of the U.S. insured population, TriZetto is Powering Integrated Healthcare Management® the systematic application of processes and shared information to optimize the coordination of benefits and care for the healthcare consumer. The company's offerings include enterprise and component software, hosting outsourcing services and consulting that help payers implement and optimize their operations and minimize the risk of bringing to market new products that drive competitive differentiation.

Media Contacts:

Rachel Tanner Lew
The TriZetto Group
303-495-7022
rachel.lew@trizetto.com

Melissa Bruno
Schwartz Communications
781-684-0770
trizetto@schwartz-pr.com