Aetna Signs Contract with Indian River Medical Center.VERO BEACH Vero Beach (vēr`o), city (1990 pop. 17,350), seat of Indian River co., E Fla., on Indian River (a lagoon and part of the Intracoastal Waterway); founded c.1888, inc. 1919. , Fla. -- 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 it has reached agreement with Indian River Indian River, lagoon, c.100 mi (160 km) long, E Fla., parallel to the east coast from N of Titusville to Stuart. Along the lagoon a variety of citrus and vegetable products are grown and transported by small boats to towns on its waterway and those further inland. Medical Center on a three-year contract that adds the hospital to Aetna's provider network in the Central Florida
Central Florida is the central region of the United States state of Florida, on the East Coast. area. The agreement takes effect March 1. "This is a very positive development for our members," said Ruth Fricke, Aetna's head of network operations in Florida. "The addition of Indian River Medical Center significantly expands Aetna's hospital access in the Vero Beach area. We're hopeful it will enhance our efforts to attract new customers and retain existing ones." Under the agreement, members of Aetna network-based plans will be able to receive covered in-patient and out-patient services, at in-network rates, from the Indian River Medical Center, which operates a 335-bed hospital in Vero Beach. Aetna provides and administers health benefits to more than 225,000 members in Central Florida. Those members have access to a contracted network of 33 hospitals, 1,378 primary care physicians and 3,111 specialists. Indian River Medical Center (IRMC IRMC Inter-Regulatory Risk Management Council IRMC Ingham Regional Medical Center (Michigan) IRMC Information Resources Management College iRMC Integrated Remote Management Controller (Fujitsu-Siemens) ) is a 335-bed, not-for-profit, community hospital that, with its related facilities, occupies a medical-services campus of more than 80 acres off U.S. Route 1 in Vero Beach, Fla. Its staff of health care professionals includes more than 240 affiliated physicians representing 40 different specialties who provide a wide range of quality medical care and services. Founded by Garnett Radin, R.N., in 1932, the hospital celebrated its 75th anniversary of serving the community recently. With all private rooms, IRMC is the second-largest employer in Indian River County with more than 1,670 employees. IRMC is accredited accredited recognition by an appropriate authority that the performance of a particular institution has satisfied a prestated set of criteria. accredited herds cattle herds which have achieved a low level of reactors to, e.g. by the Joint Commission and a number of departments and services have received state and national certification national certification Lab medicine A voluntary form of regulation that affirms that a person has the knowledge and skill to perform essential tasks in a given field, in the lab or in nursing; NC is granted by nongovernmental agencies or associations with . Aetna is one of the nation's leading diversified 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, group life and disability plans, and medical management capabilities and health care management services for Medicaid plans. Our customers include employer groups, individuals, college students, part-time and hourly workers, health plans, government-sponsored plans and expatriates www.aetna.com |
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