Aetna and SUNY Downstate Medical Center Reach New Contract Agreement
August 08 2011 - 3:10PM
Business Wire
Aetna (NYSE: AET) and the State University of New York (SUNY)
Downstate Medical Center announced a new agreement for SUNY
Downstate’s resumed participation in the Aetna network, and the
continuing participation of University Hospital of Brooklyn’s
recently acquired Long Island College Hospital campus.
Under the agreement, SUNY Downstate’s University Hospital of
Brooklyn will participate for all Aetna commercial and Medicare
products, including student health plans. The new agreement also
will enable the more than 700 SUNY Downstate hospital-based and
affiliated physicians currently participating with Aetna to
continue their participation uninterrupted. Groups included in the
contract are: University Hospital of Brooklyn; University
Physicians of Brooklyn, P.C.; and Brooklyn Anesthesia Research.
“We are extremely pleased to have reached a three-year agreement
with SUNY Downstate,” said David Kobus, Aetna senior vice president
– New York Network. “Having this key facility in our network
expands access to quality care at convenient locations for our
members who live and work in Brooklyn.”
“We are delighted to have a new agreement that will allow Aetna
members to continue to have full access to the services provided by
SUNY Downstate and its excellent physicians,” said Grace Wong, vice
president for managed care and clinical business at SUNY
Downstate.
SUNY Downstate Medical Center is the only academic medical
center in Brooklyn and one of the borough’s largest employers. A
center of innovation and excellence in research and clinical
service delivery, SUNY Downstate comprises University Hospital of
Brooklyn; Colleges of Medicine, Nursing, and Health Related
Professions; Schools of Graduate Studies and Public Health; and an
Advanced Biotechnology Park and Biotechnology Incubator. Long
Island College Hospital became part of Downstate’s University
Hospital of Brooklyn on May 29, 2011.
About SUNY Downstate
Founded in 1860, SUNY Downstate was the first medical school in
the United States to bring teaching out of the lecture hall and to
the patient’s bedside. SUNY Downstate ranks ninth nationally in the
number of alumni who are on the faculty of American medical
schools. More physicians practicing in New York City have graduated
from Downstate than from any other medical school.
About Aetna
Aetna is one of the nation’s leading diversified health care
benefits companies, serving approximately 36.5 million people with
information and resources to help them make better informed
decisions about their health care. Aetna offers a broad range of
traditional, voluntary and consumer-directed health insurance
products and related services, including medical, pharmacy, dental,
behavioral health, group life and disability plans, and medical
management capabilities and health care management services for
Medicaid plans. Our customers include employer groups, individuals,
college students, part-time and hourly workers, health plans,
governmental units, government-sponsored plans, labor groups and
expatriates. For more information, see www.aetna.com.
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