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California and Florida patients can now communicate with doctors online
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Now your employees in California and Florida can communicate with their doctors online. This innovative new service is offered through RelayHealth, the leader in secure online communications for health care. The RelayHealth service includes online webVisit® consultations as a covered benefit for your eligible employees.

Eligibility

Coverage for webVisits will be available to most fully insured members in California and Florida. Self-funded plan sponsors with employees in California or Florida can choose to participate. Plan sponsors with mixed-funding arrangements (i.e., both fully-insured and self-funded medical plans) can also choose whether or not to participate.

At this time, online visit coverage is not available to members of plans administered by Strategic Resource Company (SRC), which Aetna acquired in January 2005. Members of our Medicare plans are also not included in this initial launch. (Note: Chickering plan members are able to participate in this service.)

Services for Employees

RelayHealth’s secure communications service is an efficient alternative to phone calls and office visits for non-urgent health care needs. With just a few clicks of the mouse, your employees can:

  • Consult their doctor online with a webVisit® — no appointment necessary
  • Schedule an appointment for an office visit
  • Request prescription renewals and refills
  • Request lab and test results
  • Request a referral
  • Maintain a Personal Health Record and records for family members
  • Access educational health care resources

Using RelayHealth can improve your employees’ health care experiences in several powerful ways:

  • Access to the doctor
    Employees can communicate with their doctor, with no time pressure. The webVisit guides them through an interactive interview, and then builds a concise message to the doctor. They receive an answer directly from their doctor.
  • Convenience
    No more waiting on hold or for the doctor’s office to open. Now, employees can send a message in minutes wherever they have Internet access. They save time and hassle – maybe even an office visit.
  • Information
    RelayHealth’s repository of medically-reviewed information helps employees better manage their health.

See how employees use RelayHealth by viewing this brief demonstration:

Take a Tour

Benefits for Employers

RelayHealth can enhance your plan benefits in these powerful ways:

  • Boost employee productivity. Give your employees a convenient alternative to waiting on-hold or scheduling a time-consuming office visit to resolve appropriate, non-urgent health care needs.
  • Improve employee satisfaction with their health care benefit. Patients love the convenience of online access. In studies, more than 80% of patients gave RelayHealth high marks compared to telephone calls or office visits.
  • Cost

    There is no cost to fully insured plan sponsors in California and Florida. Self-funded plan sponsors with employees in those states can choose whether or not to participate. Plan sponsors with mixed-funding arrangements (i.e., both fully insured and self-funded medical plans) can also choose whether or not to participate.

    At this time, there is no charge for self-funded plan sponsors. This free, initial-launch period will end with further expansion of the product. Your Aetna Account Executive will provide details as they become available.

    Contact Us

    Contact your Aetna Account Executive for more details on this innovative program and how to enroll.

    Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

    Click here for answers to questions about this new service.

    About RelayHealth

    RelayHealth is an experienced provider of secure online communications for health care and the developer of webVisit. Visit RelayHealth for more information.

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