Aetna Health Plans of California Welcomes Peninsula Providers.WALNUT CREEK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 8, 1995--Aetna Health Plans of California Vice President Tom Taylor announced today that Stanford Health Services health services Managed care The benefits covered under a health contract and the Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Lucile Packard Children's Hospital (LPCH) is a hospital located on the Stanford University campus in Palo Alto, California. It is staffed by over 650 physicians and 4,750 staff and volunteers. at Stanford have joined Aetna Health Plans Elect Choice (Exclusive Provider Organization exclusive provider organization (EPO), n a dental benefits plan that provides benefits only if care is rendered by institutional and professional providers with whom the plan contracts (with some exceptions for emergency and out-of-area services). ), Managed Choice (Point-of-Service) and Select Choice (HMO HMO health maintenance organization. HMO n. A corporation that is financed by insurance premiums and has member physicians and professional staff who provide curative and preventive medicine within certain financial, ) networks. Members will now have the option of choosing physicians in the Palo Alto area. Stanford Health Services includes Stanford University Hospital, Stanford University Clinic and Menlo Medical Clinic. This extensive network includes more than 400 primary care and specialist physicians practicing at Stanford University Clinic and Menlo Medical Clinic. Located adjacent to Stanford University Hospital, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford specializes in the care of children. Pediatric pediatric /pe·di·at·ric/ (pe?de-at´rik) pertaining to the health of children. pe·di·at·ric adj. Of or relating to pediatrics. subspecialists on staff at Packard participate in Aetna through Stanford University Clinic. These new partnerships significantly impact Oracle Corporation which has numerous employees living in the mid-Peninsula area. "We are very excited about these additions to the network," said Elizabeth Grover, Oracle's senior manager, benefit programs. She adds that employees are especially happy to be able to choose physicians from facilities with such outstanding reputations. In California, Aetna Health Plans (AHP AHP Assistant House Physician. ) provides group health benefits through its traditional indemnity and managed care programs and government contracts to more than 1.8 million people. Nationally, Aetna Health Plans is one of the country's leading managed health care companies. In addition to providing health care coverage through health maintenance organizations, preferred provider organizations pre·ferred provider organization n. Abbr. PPO A medical insurance plan in which members receive more coverage if they choose health care providers approved by or affiliated with the plan. , point-of-service plans and traditional fee-for-service plans, AHP also offers specialty health and group insurance products. Throughout the United States, AHP products and services touch more than 18 million individuals. Its parent company, Aetna Life & Casualty is one of the nation's largest stockholder-owned insurance and financial services organizations. CONTACT: Aetna Health Plans of California Debra Levin, 415/244-8421 |
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