Aetna Enhances Secure Provider Website with NaviMedix.-- NaviNet([R]) provides multi-payer access, increased security options and improved electronic administrative transactions -- HARTFORD, Conn. -- Aetna (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :AET AET Aetna, Inc. AET After Extra Time AET Actual Evapotranspiration AET Alliance for Environmental Technology AET Alpha-Ethyltryptamine AET Applied Extrusion Technologies, Inc. ) announced today that it has launched a new secure provider website with NaviMedix, a leading innovator in automating health care provider communications. Through NaviNet, NaviMedix's multi-sponsor health care communication platform, health care providers have easy, one-stop access to most major payers and select regional carriers, improved security options and improved electronic administrative transaction capabilities. "Building on Aetna's solid foundation and investment in timely, easy-to-use, meaningful communications for providers, we are taking the next step by transitioning our secure provider website to NaviNet. Through the new platform, Aetna will be able to provide physicians, hospitals, other health care providers and their staffs with new and increasingly efficient electronic options to transact An earlier e-commerce system for the Web from Open Market that included order capture and secure order fulfillment using credit cards, ecash and other payment systems. It included customer service and subscription administration capabilities as well as an integrated database for reporting business and receive information," said Paul Marchetti, head of National Networks and Contracting Services, Aetna. Now located on the NaviNet portal available at https://navinet.navimedix.com, Aetna's secure provider website via NaviNet offers many easy-to-use features to both participating and nonparticipating physicians, hospitals and other health care professionals. * Free real-time transactions are available with Aetna as well as other payers including major health plans and the Medicare program. * Enhanced administrative options provide one-stop service. Only one user name and password is needed to interact with Aetna or other health plans. * Improved functionality provides customized transactions with more detail and easier navigation. Health care providers can check eligibility and benefits in real time, submit or inquire in·quire also en·quire v. in·quired, in·quir·ing, in·quires v.intr. 1. To seek information by asking a question: inquired about prices. 2. about claims, review claim payment policies, view and print explanation of payments online within 24 hours of claims processing, obtain electronic remittance advices An Electronic Remittance Advice is an electronic version of a payment explanation which provides details about providers' claims payment, and if the claims are denied, it would then contain the required explanations. ERA are provided by plans to Providers. , access Aetna's education site and conduct many other activities. * Easy-to-use support tools help providers use the site and manage transactions. * With increased, HIPAA-compliant security options, providers can also define access within Aetna's secure provider website for different users. For example, health care providers can give staff responsible for appointments and check-in access to eligibility information only, while accounting staff may have additional access to claim and payment information. Convenient access to important messages from Aetna can also be customized according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. users' roles. "Building its secure provider communications on NaviNet is one way Aetna is moving aggressively to assist providers and members in navigating (networking, hypertext) navigating - Finding your way around. Often used of the Internet, particularly the World-Wide Web. A browser is a tool for navigating hypertext documents. the health care system and their options," said Tim Hargarten, president and chief executive officer of NaviMedix. "Our platform is extremely attractive to providers as a much more efficient way to engage patients and to help providers more efficiently and easily manage consumer-directed products and health care consumerism consumerism Movement or policies aimed at regulating the products, services, methods, and standards of manufacturers, sellers, and advertisers in the interests of the buyer. ." "The new website is more streamlined and user-friendly. I am delighted that we can access our payment information online and request claim reconsiderations. The precertification code tool is extremely valuable. I am impressed by the amount of online information from Aetna," says Donna Putnam, billing/collection supervisor for Medical Oncology oncology /on·col·o·gy/ (ong-kol´ah-je) the sum of knowledge regarding tumors; the study of tumors. on·col·o·gy n. , LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. 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NaviNet will serve as the foundation for Aetna's future secure provider communications strategies, including additional interactive and clinical features. Aetna continues to support health care provider offices as they convert to NaviNet from Aetna's existing secure provider website, which will retire in spring 2008. For more information about Aetna's provider website via NaviNet, or to enroll, providers may visit www.aboutnavinet.com/aetna. About Aetna Aetna is one of the nation's leading diversified diversified (di·verˑ·s health care benefits companies, serving approximately 36.7 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 Behavioral health was first used in the 1980's to name the combination of the fields mental health and substance abuse. As an example, an organization serving both mental health and substance abuse clients might refer to its practice as behavioral health or , group life and disability plans, and medical management capabilities and health care management services for Medicaid plans. Our customers include employer groups employer group Association of employers Managed care An entity with a current group benefits agreement in effect with a health plan to provide covered health care services to its employee-subscribers and eligible dependents. , individuals, college students, part-time and hourly workers, health plans, governmental units, government-sponsored plans and expatriates. www.aetna.com About NaviMedix NaviMedix is the industry leader in healthcare provider communications, with a national network of over 350,000 subscribed providers using its solutions and services. NaviNet([R]), the company's sophisticated Web-based communications solution, allows providers to interact with the country's leading health plans, including four of the six largest payers, and other sponsoring healthcare service organizations. NaviNet enables sponsors to reach into a national network of providers who tap into the solution frequently for medical and business interactions. NaviMedix solutions deliver relevant information from multiple sources into the provider office to support clinical, administrative and financial decision-making and drive more effective physician engagement. For more information, please visit www.navimedix.com or call us at 617-715-6000 or 800-805-7569. |
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