Aetna Adds Providence Hospital to Network of Medicare Advantage Hospitals in Washington, D.C.
February 10 2012 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
Aetna (NYSE: AET) announced today that Providence Hospital has
been added to its network of participating hospitals for Medicare
Advantage members. Providence Hospital, which has been part of
Aetna’s commercial network for several years, agreed to a
multi-year contract to also provide care for Medicare Advantage
customers.
Members of Aetna Medicare Advantage plans can receive care,
under in-network prices and conditions, from the 570-bed Providence
Hospital and the Carroll Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation
Center.
“Aetna is very pleased to announce this collaboration with
Providence Hospital,” said Stuart Verch, head of Aetna’s Medicare
Advantage operation for Washington, D.C., Maryland and Virginia.
“We pride ourselves in offering our customers broad access to
quality hospitals and physicians. This agreement expands that
access for our Medicare Advantage members in the nation’s
capital.”
Aetna provides Medicare Advantage plans to approximately 14,000
beneficiaries in the region.
“Aetna has been a long-standing partner with Providence in
serving the needs of our surrounding community,” said Dr. Raymond
L. Cox, senior vice president for medical affairs at the hospital.
“Providence is pleased to now be able to provide quality health
care to Aetna Medicare members as a new part of the Aetna Medicare
network. We look forward to treating all of our Aetna patients with
joy, care and respect.”
About Providence Hospital
Chartered by President Abraham Lincoln in 1861, Providence
Hospital is the longest continuously operating hospital in the
nation's capital. Its strengths in medicine, surgery, and
diagnostics blend with its values and commitment to human dignity
to provide healthcare people can have faith in. Providence is part
of Ascension Health, the nation's
largest Catholic and nonprofit health system, setting the standard
for quality, holistic care and access. Its share the spirit of its
founders and all who serve in Ascension Health, caring for those
most in need.
About Aetna
Aetna is one of the nation's leading diversified health care
benefits companies, serving approximately 36.4 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,
health care providers, governmental units, government-sponsored
plans, labor groups and expatriates. For more information, see
www.aetna.com.
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