Aetna, Atlanta Hospital Reach Compromise on Contract.Aetna Aetna, volcano: see Etna, Italy. U.S. Healthcare U.S. Healthcare is a now-defunct healthcare company. The logo had an apple. The merger with Aetna In 1996, the company merged with Aetna, calling it Aetna U.S. Healthcare. The U.S. Healthcare apple logo was next to the Aetna name, and U.S. Healthcare under it. U.S. and Atlanta's Northside NorthSide is record label based in Minneapolis, Minnesota that specializes in Nordic roots music. It is associated with Omnium Recordings and East Side Digital. Its president is Drew Miller, probably best known as the bassist for Boiled in Lead Hospital have reached an agreement on their existing contract, which continues health- care services for patients, physicians and employers in the region. Northside originally had contracted with health insurers by forcing them to exclude rival hospitals from their managed-care plans in exchange for lower prices, said Aetna spokesman Robert Kremer. The exclusions meant that several patients had to pay higher out-of-pocket costs out-of-pocket costs Managed care Health care costs that a covered person must pay out of pocket–eg, coinsurance, deductibles, etc. See Copayment. for services at excluded hospitals or travel farther to use Northside, among other difficulties. Aetna refused the hospital's restrictions in negotiations this summer. |
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