Aetna Signs Multi-Year Agreement With Carolinas Healthcare System.Business Editors/Health/Medical Writers CHARLOTTE, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 20, 2004 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 reached agreement on a new multi-year contract with the Carolinas Healthcare System Carolinas Healthcare System is a hospital network located throughout North and South Carolina. About 90% of the hospitals affiliated with the system are located within a 75 mile radius of Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, NC. (CHS (Cylinder Head Sector) An earlier method of addressing a hard disk by referencing all three physical elements of the drive. It was superseded by logical block addressing (see LBA). ), ensuring that members of Aetna plans in the Charlotte, N.C. area will be able to continue receiving covered services covered services, n.pl the services for which payment is provided under the terms of the dental benefits contract. Coxiella burnetii a species that causes Q fever in man. , at in-network rates, from CHS facilities and doctors. The new agreement takes effect May 15. The contract includes all CHS North Carolina-based facilities, as well as Carolinas Physicians Network practices. Those facilities are: Carolinas Medical Center Carolinas Medical Center (CMC) is a public, not for profit hospital located in Charlotte, North Carolina. The hospital was organized in 1940 as Charlotte Memorial Hospital on Blythe Boulevard in the Dilworth neighborhood. ; Carolinas Medical Center-Mercy; Carolinas Medical Center-Pineville; Carolinas Medical Center-University Carolinas Medical Center-University is a 130 bed acute care facility located in Charlotte's University City area. This hospital is the location of the second busiest emergency departments in Mecklenburg County. ; Anson Community Hospital, Wadesboro; Cleveland Regional Medical Center, Shelby; Kings Mountain Hospital, Kings Mountain; Union Regional Medical Center, Monroe; Charlotte Institute of Rehabilitation; Charles A. Cannon Jr. Memorial Hospital, Linville; Crawley Memorial Hospital, Boiling Springs; Lincoln Medical Center, Lincolnton; and the Blue Ridge HealthCare System, which includes Grace Hospital and Valdese General Hospital in Burke County. "Carolinas Healthcare System has been a cornerstone of Aetna's Charlotte-area network for several years," said Tom Golias, head of network operations for Aetna in the Carolinas. "We're very happy to extend that relationship, and that our members in the area will be able to continue receiving care from CHS hospitals and physicians." "We are delighted that we will continue to serve patients covered by Aetna," said Russ Guerin, president of Managed Health Resources within Carolinas HealthCare System. "This new agreement will mean continued efficient and effective service to their clients and our patients in this region." Carolinas HealthCare System is a not-for-profit, self-supporting public organization. Carolinas HealthCare offers a wide variety of health and human services Noun 1. Health and Human Services - the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with health and welfare; created in 1979 Department of Health and Human Services, HHS to residents of both North and South Carolina South Carolina, state of the SE United States. It is bordered by North Carolina (N), the Atlantic Ocean (SE), and Georgia (SW). Facts and Figures Area, 31,055 sq mi (80,432 sq km). Pop. (2000) 4,012,012, a 15. . Carolinas HealthCare System is the largest healthcare system in the Carolinas, and fourth largest public hospital system in the nation. CHS owns, leases and manages hospitals, nursing homes, physician practices, home health agencies, radiation therapy facilities, physical therapy facilities, and other healthcare related operations, comprising more than 4,900 licensed beds and approximately 23,000 employees. For more information, go to www.carolinashealthcare.org. Aetna provides health benefits to more than 180,000 people in North Carolina. Those members have access to contracted networks of 53 hospitals, 2,629 primary care physicians and 3,891 specialists. Aetna is one of the nation's leading providers of health care, dental, pharmacy, group life, disability and long-term care benefits, serving approximately 13.0 million medical members, 10.9 million dental members, 7.4 million pharmacy members and 12.3 million group insurance customers, as of December 31, 2003. The company has expansive nationwide networks of more than 600,000 health care services providers, including over 362,000 primary care and specialist physicians and 3,626 hospitals. For more information about Aetna, please visit the company's web site at www.aetna.com. |
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