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Article: Aetna Signs Agreement with New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation.
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- Managed Care Weekly Digest
- Article date:
- November 16, 2009
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Aetna (NYSE: AET) announced that it has reached an agreement with the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation (HHC) to offer Aetna members in New York City in-network access to in-patient and out-patient services from HHC's 11 acute care hospitals, six Diagnostic and Treatment Centers and four nursing homes (see also Aetna).
The new three-year agreement expands Aetna's current relationship with HHC's Elmhurst Hospital Center and Queens Hospital Center. All Aetna plans are covered under the new contract.
"Aetna is happy to announce that all of the HHC facilities will now be included in our New York City network," said Michael Costa, Aetna's head of ...