Aetna Adds UC Davis Medical Group To HMO Network in Central Valley
Addition of UC Davis doctors and Medical Center expands access for Aetna HMO members in the Central Valley
WALNUT CREEK, Calif., October 31, 2007 — Aetna (NYSE: ΑET) today announced that the UC Davis Medical Group will become a participating provider in Aetna’s Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) network in the Central Valley effective Nov. 1, 2007. Aetna members in its HMO, Aetna Open Access® and Quality Point of Service® (QPOS®) plans will be able to select a primary care physician (PCP) affiliated with the UC Davis Medical Group, and will be able to access services at UC Davis Medical Center.
"Aetna’s members with HMO-based health plans in the Sacramento area now have additional choices of physicians and enhanced access to quality health care services," said Gerald Bishop, M.D., Aetna senior medical director for its Central Valley market. "UC Davis Medical Group has been a long-standing participant in Aetna’s traditional network, and we are pleased that our HMO members now have the same access to UC Davis Medical Center and its affiliated physicians."
More than 150 primary care physicians and 450 specialist physicians are affiliated with UC Davis Medical Group, located throughout the community and on the UC Davis Medical Center campus in Sacramento.
"We are happy to welcome all of Aetna’s patients into the UC Davis Medical Group, including those who are in the HMO plan," said Nabil Musallam, senior associate director for hospital and clinics at UC Davis Health System. "They’ll find terrific primary care physicians and also enjoy the collective expertise of health-care professionals throughout our entire health system."
Aetna has 5,878 participating physicians and 67 participating hospitals in its Central Valley network, and 90,944 physicians and 552 hospitals participating statewide.
About UC Davis Health System
UC Davis Health System encompasses a school of medicine, an academic medical center, and the regional UC Davis Medical group. It also includes a National Cancer Institute-designated cancer center, a unique, interdisciplinary research center for the study and treatment of autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders called the M.I.N.D. Institute, and the UC Davis Children’s Hospital. Research strengths include clinical and translational science, regenerative medicine, infectious disease, vascular biology, neuroscience and nutrition, among many others. For more information,
visit www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu.
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 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, government-sponsored plans and expatriates. www.aetna.com
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