Aetna.Aetna Aetna, volcano: see Etna, Italy. announced it recently began covering online physician-patient communications for members in California California (kăl'ĭfôr`nyə), most populous state in the United States, located in the Far West; bordered by Oregon (N), Nevada and, across the Colorado River, Arizona (E), Mexico (S), and the Pacific Ocean (W). and Florida Florida, state, United States Florida (flôr`ĭdə, flŏr`–), state in the extreme SE United States. A long, low peninsula between the Atlantic Ocean (E) and the Gulf of Mexico (W), Florida is bordered by Georgia and through RelayHealth, a provider of secure online health-care communication services. RelayHealth enables online communication between doctors and patients, including clinically based doctor-patient consultations, appointment requests, the ability to get referrals, lab and test results, and electronic prescriptions and medication medication /med·i·ca·tion/ (med?i-ka´shun) 1. medicine (1). 2. impregnation with a medicine. 3. administration of a medicine or other remedy. refills. As part of the program, Aetna will cover online consultations, called webVisits, between fully insured members in California and Florida and their primary care physicians, if they participate in both Aetna's and RelayHealth's networks. |
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