Walnut Creek, Calif. and Fremont, Calif., August 21, 2014 -- Aetna (NYSE: AET) and Washington Hospital Healthcare System announced
today that the two organizations have signed a new three-and-a-half year
contract. The new contract, which takes effect on September 1, 2014, will
give Aetna HMO, PPO and Medicare Advantage members innetwork access to
Washington Hospital Healthcare System for the first time since October 1, 2012.
“We are pleased to welcome Washington Hospital back in our network,”
said John Pickett, Aetna’s network head for Northern California.
“This new agreement will allow us to continue offering our members
access to a broad network of high-quality hospitals and physicians in
Northern California.”
“We look forward to once again providing excellent care and services
that Aetna members, especially those members who are residents of Washington
Township Health Care District, have come to expect from our hospital,”
said Nancy Farber, chief executive officer of Washington Hospital Healthcare
System. “I believe the ultimate beneficiaries are Aetna patients
who will be able to once again receive the in-network care they need from
their local community hospital.”
Washington Township Health Care District includes Fremont, Newark, Union
City, South Hayward and Unincorporated Sunol and has a population of more
than 320,000. Aetna/Washington Hospital Healthcare System/2 Aetna provides
health benefits to more than 300,000 members in Northern California. Those
members have access to a contracted network of 100 hospitals and more
than 14,000 primary care doctors and specialists.
About Washington Township Health Care District Washington Township Health
Care District is governed by an elected board of directors. Unlike a municipal
or county hospital, Washington Hospital’s operating expenses, research,
community programs, and employee salaries are funded by revenues generated
through providing patient and other health care services. Washington Hospital
Healthcare System includes a 359 acute-care bed hospital; the Taylor McAdam
Bell Neuroscience Institute; The Gamma Knife® Center; Washington Radiation
Oncology Center; Washington Outpatient Surgery Center; Washington Outpatient
Rehabilitation Center; Washington Institute for Joint Restoration and
Research; Washington Township Medical Foundation; and Washington West,
a complex which houses Washington Women’s Center, Outpatient Imaging
Center, Sandy Amos R.N. Infusion Center, Washington Urgent Care and additional
outpatient hospital services and administrative facilities. For more information,
go to www.whhs.com.
About Aetna
Aetna is one of the nation’s leading diversified health care benefits
companies, serving an estimated 45 million people with information and
resources to help them make better informed decisions about their health
care. Aetna offers a broad range of traditional, voluntary and consumer-directed
health insurance products and related services, including medical, pharmacy,
dental, behavioral health, group life and disability plans, and medical
management capabilities, Medicaid health care management services, workers’
compensation administrative services and health information technology
products and services. Aetna’s customers include employer groups,
individuals, college students, part-time and hourly workers, health plans,
health care providers, governmental units, government-sponsored plans,
labor groups and expatriates. Learn more about Aetna’s journey to
make quality health care more affordable and accessible for all. www.aetna.com @aetna