Tenet, Aetna renew national multi-year agreement
Tenet Healthcare and Aetna have signed a new multi-year agreement that will allow members of Aetna's commercial and Medicare Advantage health plans to continue receiving covered healthcare services from Tenet facilities nationwide.
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"We value our long-standing relationship with Aetna and (will) continue to work closely together to provide Aetna members access to quality healthcare at lower costs through multiple types of innovative network benefit solutions," said Stephen L. Newman, MD, Tenet's COO.
The agreement covers Tenet's 49 hospitals and 81 freestanding diagnostic imaging centers and ambulatory surgery centers nationwide. Also included is Tenet Physicians, Inc., which contracts with nearly 500 physicians – including traditional primary care specialties (family practice, internal medicine, obstetrics/gynecology and pediatrics) and medical and surgical specialties – employed by Tenet subsidiaries,
"Tenet's facilities and its affiliated doctors have been integral parts of Aetna's networks for many years. We're glad that our members will continue to access their quality healthcare services," said Carl King, head of Aetna National Networks and Contracting Services.
