Aetna (NYSE: AET) today announced an enhanced accountable care
product, Aetna Whole HealthSM Value Care Alliance and Trinity
Health Of New England. The new product will provide employers with
a value-based health care option designed to increase quality and
improve the patient experience while driving efficiency and
controlling costs.
Employers who choose Aetna Whole HealthSM for their health plan
will now be able to leverage Trinity Health Of New England’s more
than 900 physicians in more than 200 practices and four hospitals,
including Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center in Hartford,
Saint Mary's Hospital in Waterbury, Johnson Memorial Hospital in
Stafford Springs and Mount Sinai Rehabilitation Hospital in
Hartford.
Since 2016, Aetna has offered an accountable care product that
includes the Value Care Alliance and its six hospitals, including
Danbury Hospital, Norwalk Hospital, New Milford Hospital, Griffin
Hospital in Derby, St. Vincent’s Medical Center in Bridgeport and
Middlesex Hospital in Middletown, as well as nearly 1,800
affiliated physicians in Fairfield, Litchfield, Middlesex, New
Haven and New London counties. The expanded plan also now provides
access to ProHealth Physicians and its more than 350 physicians in
90 locations across the state.
Together, they will form a robust network that offers patients
access to every level of health care service, from prevention and
primary care to the most sophisticated medical and surgical
specialties. The geographical reach of the new Aetna Whole HealthSM
plan is statewide.
“This new plan is great news for our current and future members
in Connecticut,” said Mark Santos, president of Aetna’s New England
operations. “Aetna is committed to helping our members achieve
their personal health ambitions, and we’re thrilled to align our
resources with Trinity Health Of New England, the Value Care
Alliance and ProHealth Physicians so we can connect members to
coordinated, accessible, affordable and personalized health care in
their community.”
”Consumers are faced with a myriad of challenges when seeking
health care coverage and services today,” said Jess Kupec,
President of Southern New England Healthcare Organization, the
regional contracting entity for Trinity Health Of New England. “We
are excited to collaborate with Aetna, Value Care Alliance and
ProHealth Physicians to help consumers find long-term solutions to
those challenges. Because we share a common vision and commitment
to improve healthcare in our region, we are confident that working
together we will make a difference in the lives of Aetna’s
customers.”
“The VCA’s collaboration with Aetna and Trinity Health Of New
England is consistent with our shared goals of improving both the
quality and lowering the cost of care provided, while enhancing the
patient experience,” said Patrick Charmel, Chairman of the VCA and
President and CEO of Griffin Hospital. “VCA hospitals and their
affiliated physicians strive to inform and engage consumers — those
who receive and pay for care — so they become active partners in
the effort to improve their health and well-being leading to more
effective and efficient care. Accountable Care products like Aetna
Whole Health are transforming Connecticut’s health care delivery
system into a more consumer-focused and value-based model.”
Aetna Whole HealthSM plans are designed to give employers better
health care options for their employees with a patient-centric
model of health care focused on keeping people healthy, rather than
just treating them when they become sick.
The plans feature a new model of health care delivery designed
to offer:
- enhanced coordination of care between
doctors and other care providers;
- improved patient experience through
best-in-class care management programs;
- use of advanced technology that
delivers actionable data and quality information to providers;
- lower overall out-of-pocket costs for
members who see providers that are part of the Aetna Whole HealthSM
network; and
- better health care outcomes for
patients.
Aetna is working with health care organizations nationwide to
develop products and services that support value-driven,
patient-centered care for health care consumers. Nationally today,
more than 7 million Aetna members receive care from doctors
committed to the value-based approach, with approximately 53
percent of Aetna claims payments going to doctors and providers who
practice value-based care.
About AetnaAetna is one of the nation’s leading
diversified health care benefits companies, serving an estimated
44.6 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, Medicaid
health care management services, workers’ compensation
administrative services and health information technology products
and services. Aetna’s 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 and learn about how Aetna is helping
to build a healthier world. @AetnaNews
About Trinity Health Of New EnglandTrinity Health Of New
England is an integrated nonprofit health care delivery system
formed in 2015 and is a member of Trinity Health located in
Livonia, Michigan, one of the largest multi-institutional Catholic
health care delivery systems in the nation serving communities in
22 states. Trinity Health Of New England is comprised of Saint
Francis Hospital and Medical Center, and Mount Sinai Rehabilitation
Hospital, Saint Francis Healthcare Partners and Southern New
England Healthcare Organization in Hartford, Connecticut; Johnson
Memorial Hospital and Home & Community Health Services in
Stafford Springs, Connecticut; Saint Mary’s Hospital in Waterbury,
Connecticut; Mercy Medical Center in Springfield, Massachusetts;
Providence Behavioral Health Hospital in Holyoke, Massachusetts;
Weldon Rehabilitation Hospital, Springfield, Massachusetts;
Brightside for Families and Children; and Mercy Continuing Care
Network that includes Mercy Homecare, Mercy Hospice and Mercy LIFE.
Visit TrinityHealthOfNE.org for more information and follow us on
Facebook, Instagram and Twitter @THOfNewEngland
About Value Care AllianceThe VCA network covers a broad
geography across the state, offering access through its hospital
members and their affiliated physician offices and urgent care
centers. The VCA has established an advanced care delivery
network that has been actively engaged in value-based payment
models since 2013. VCA member hospitals and physicians were one of
the first Accountable Care Organization cohorts in the Medicare
Shared Savings Program. VCA has over 130,000 lives under contract
through its participation in value-based arrangements with
Medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicaid, and commercial insurers.
VCA’s proven track record improving the health of its members and
driving efficiencies in care delivery through its substantial care
delivery infrastructure have distinguished it among other provider
groups and prompted the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Innovation (CMMI) to select VCA as one of only 20 Alignment Track
grant recipients for its Accountable Health Communities Model.
Under this Model, VCA member hospitals and affiliated physicians
will help CMMI test and bridge the gap between clinical and
community service providers.
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