Aetna to Offer HMO Plans in Two New Florida Counties.TAMPA, 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 that it has expanded its 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, service area in Florida, offering HMO-based plans in two new counties. Hernando County is being added to the company's Tampa Bay service area, and Alachua County, which includes the city of Gainesville, is being added to Aetna's North Florida service area. . "Customers in Florida have been very receptive to the variety of plans Aetna offers in the state," said Mark LaBorde, general manager for mid-sized markets in Aetna's Southeast Region. "We've enjoyed significant membership growth among employer groups of all sizes, and we're looking forward to offering our HMO-based plans across a wider geographic area." Aetna signed HMO agreements with hospitals and physicians in both counties to provide health care access for prospective new members. In Hernando County, Aetna has signed HMO agreements with Brooksville Hospital, Oak Hill Hospital and Spring Hill Regional Hospital. The three facilities have a combined total of 370 hospital beds. The Hernando expansion also adds 21 new primary-care physicians and 112 new specialists to Aetna's HMO network HMO network Managed care An HMO that contracts with local hospitals to provide in-patient medical services, and with 2 or more independent groups of physicians to provide health services; the group is paid a set amount per HMO enrollee per month; in some, staff . In Alachua County, Aetna signed agreements with North Florida Regional Medical Center, Shands Hospital at the University of Florida University of Florida is the third-largest university in the United States, with 50,912 students (as of Fall 2006) and has the eighth-largest budget (nearly $1.9 billion per year). UF is home to 16 colleges and more than 150 research centers and institutes. , and Shands Hospital at AGH AGH Akademia Gorniczo-Hutnicza AGH Allegheny General Hospital (Pittsburgh, PA, USA) AGH Alpena General Hospital (Michigan) AGH Helsingborg, Sweden - Angelholm/Helsingborg (Airport Code) . The three facilities have a combined 1,239 hospital beds. The expansion adds 142 primary-physicians and 460 specialists to Aetna's HMO network in Alachua. Aetna currently has approximately 1.2 million members in Florida, more than in any other state in the Southeast. As one of the nation's leading providers of health care, dental, pharmacy, group life, disability and long-term care long-term care (LTC), n the provision of medical, social, and personal care services on a recurring or continuing basis to persons with chronic physical or mental disorders. benefits, Aetna puts information and helpful resources to work for its approximately 14.4 million medical members, 12.8 million dental members, 9.0 million pharmacy members and 14.0 million group insurance members to help them make better informed decisions about their health care and protect their finances against health-related risks. Aetna provides easy access to cost-effective health care through a nationwide network of more than 672,000 health care professionals, including approximately 400,000 primary care and specialist doctors and 4,084 hospitals. For more information, please visit www.aetna.com. (Figures as of March 31, 2005) |
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