Aetna

Aetna Provider Collaboration Program Delivers Positive Results for Pennsylvania Medicare Members

Published in Blood Weekly, January 7th, 2010

Aetna (NYSE: AET) and PMA Medical Specialists LLC, of Phoenixville, Pa., have completed the first year of their unique pay-for-performance program for Aetna Medicare Advantage plan members residing in Pennsylvania. Under this program, known as the Aetna Medicare provider collaboration program, the physician group achieved 100 percent of the goals related to care provided to its Aetna Medicare patients.

"Collaboration between physicians and insurers is the best way to achieve the best outcomes for patients," says Dr. Joel W. Eisner, of PMA Medical Specialists. "For many years, doctors and insurers were at odds with each other, to the detriment of patients. Both sides...

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Source: Blood Weekly (2010-01-07)

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