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Aetna Institutes of Excellence providers help patients who are facing a transplant or going through treatment for infertility. To be an Institute of Excellence, a health care facility must meet certain quality criteria. These include:

• Number of procedures
• Success rates
• Cost-effective care
• How often patients return to the hospital
• Rates of complications

Infertility

Program criteria for infertility clinics (PDF)

Pro Infertility IOE Facility Listing (PDF)

Pediatric congenital heart surgery

Program criteria for pediatric congenital heart surgery support (PDF)

Pediatric congenital heart IOE facility listing (PDF)

Transplant

Program criteria for transplant support (PDF)

Transplant IOE Facility Listing (PDF)

Transplant IOE Facility Listing - Spanish (PDF)

Transplant IOE Facility Listing - Medicare (PDF)

Transplant IOE Facility Listing - Medicare Spanish (PDF)

Aetna Institutes of Quality provide bariatric, cardiac and orthopedic procedures. We select hospitals that meet certain standards of quality and cost efficiency. We measure many factors, such as:

• Number of procedures
• Success rates
• Cost-effective care
• How often patients return to the hospital
• Rates of complication

Bariatric

Program criteria for bariatric surgery (PDF)

Bariatric IOQ facility listing (PDF)

Bariatric IOQ facility listing - Spanish (PDF)

Bariatric IOQ facility listing for Medicare members (PDF)

Bariatric IOQ facility listing for Medicare members - Spanish (PDF)

Cardiac

Program criteria for cardiac care (PDF)

Cardiac IOQ facility listing (PDF)

Cardiac IOQ facility listing - Spanish (PDF)

Cardiac IOQ facility listing for Medicare members (PDF)

Cardiac IOQ facility listing for Medicare members - Spanish (PDF)

Orthopedic

Program criteria for orthopedic care (PDF)

Ortho IOQ facility listing (PDF)

Ortho IOQ facility listing - Spanish (PDF)

Ortho IOQ facility listing for Medicare members (PDF)

Ortho IOQ facility listing for Medicare members - Spanish (PDF)

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Aetna has created its first Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA) Institute of Quality (IOQ) through a national agreement with ACES, giving our members access to high-quality autism care from ACES clinical providers.

Aetna recognizes facilities and providers in this designation based on:

• Offering specialized clinical services
• Excellence in clinical care
• Commitment to continuous improvement
• Meeting standards of quality and cost efficiency

ABA IOQ Facility Listing (PDF)

Learn more about ACES

The Aetna Institutes program also helps patients who have been diagnosed with certain genetic conditions that may be treated with the use of innovative FDA-approved GCIT products. To be part of this network, a health care facility must:

• Typically, be approved by the GCIT product manufacturer
• Meet cost-effective criteria

Program criteria for GCIT network consideration (PDF)

GCIT network facility listing (PDF)

GCIT network facility listing - Spanish (PDF)