Eastern Connecticut Health Network and Aetna Sign Multi-Year Agreement
October 18 2011 - 1:25PM
Business Wire
Eastern Connecticut Health Network (ECHN) announced today it has
signed a new multi-year network participation agreement with Aetna
(NYSE: AET).
Under the new agreement, Aetna’s commercial and Medicare members
will be able to continue receiving covered inpatient and outpatient
health care services, at in-network rates, from Manchester Memorial
Hospital, Rockville General Hospital and ECHN-owned physician
practices.
“We are pleased to have reached a mutually satisfying agreement
with a payor who shares our mission of improving outcomes and the
health status of the communities we serve,” says Michael Veillette,
ECHN’s Senior Vice President of Finance & Information Services.
“It is refreshing to negotiate with a company that understands the
financial obligations of health care providers and can agree to
reasonable reimbursement rates that keeps quality health care east
of the river. It’s a win-win situation for all parties involved. We
look forward to a long-term relationship with Aetna and serving its
members.”
"We are pleased to have reached an agreement with ECHN that
enables us to work together to ensure the delivery of quality,
affordable care to our members,” said Martha Temple, Aetna’s New
England Market president. “We look forward to continuing a
constructive working relationship with ECHN for the benefit of
their patients who are our members.”
About ECHN
ECHN is a not-for-profit health care system serving 19 towns in
eastern Connecticut, through its network of affiliates that include
Manchester Memorial Hospital, Rockville General Hospital, Woodlake
at Tolland Rehabilitation and Nursing Center (a 130-bed nursing
home and short-term rehabilitation facility), the ECHN Medical
Buildings at 2400 and 2800 Tamarack Avenue, Evergreen Walk in South
Windsor (2800 Tamarack Avenue houses the Women’s Center for
Wellness and a series of medical practices owned and operated by
ECHN; 2400 Tamarack Avenue includes Evergreen Endoscopy, Central
Connecticut Gastroenterology, and the Colon Rectal Surgeons of
Greater Hartford). It is in partnership with Visiting Nurse &
Health Services of Connecticut Inc., Connecticut Occupational
Medicine Partners Inc., Ambulance Service of Manchester, Aetna
Ambulance, Metro Wheelchair, and Saint Francis Care (which partners
with ECHN on the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory of the Hoffman
Heart Institute of Connecticut at Rockville General Hospital),
Community CancerCare Inc. (which provides radiation therapy
services at the Eastern Connecticut Cancer Institute at The John A.
DeQuattro Cancer Center in Manchester), Evergreen Imaging in South
Windsor and the Tolland Imaging Center. ECHN is also affiliated
with Connecticut Children’s Medical Center. More detailed
information about the health system can be found on our Website at
www.echn.org.
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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