Aetna Adds Four New Adventist Health System Hospitals
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ORLANDO, Fla., February 26, 2009 — Aetna (NYSE: AET) and Adventist Health System announced today that they have reached agreement on a new contract that adds four new Adventist hospitals to Aetna's provider networks in the Central Florida and Tampa Bay/West Central Florida areas. The new contract took effect last month. Under the agreement, the following facilities will be joining Aetna's provider network: Florida Hospital Waterman; Heartland Medical Center; Florida Hospital Lake Placid and Florida Hospital Wauchula. "We are pleased to be a participating provider for Aetna members at all 18 Florida Hospital locations," said John Brownlow, senior vice president of managed care at Adventist. Members of Aetna's network-based plans will be able to receive covered in-patient and out-patient services, at in-network rates, from all four facilities. The contract also applies to the system's affiliated physicians. "Aetna is delighted to announce the addition of these four new hospitals," said Jim McCunney, Aetna's network vice president for the Central Florida area. "We strive to provide our members with broad access to high-quality hospitals and physicians, and we're pleased to expand that access in the Central and West Central Florida areas." Aetna provides and administers health benefits to more than 625,000 members in Central and West Central Florida. Those members have access to a contracted network of more than 95 hospitals, and more than 13,000 primary care physicians and specialists. About Florida Hospital About Aetna |
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