Aetna and Banner Health Launch a New Joint Venture Health Plan in Arizona
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This partnership, which builds upon the success of Aetna and Banner's five-year
The new health plan will focus on the consumer experience by combining fully integrated care teams, health insurance and administrative services, with a goal of eliminating redundancies in care as well as administrative hassles. Savings achieved by streamlining care and services will be passed on to consumers and employers through lower premiums.
"We are committed to finding new ways to deliver more efficient and effective care for our members in
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"When payers and providers come together in this kind of genuine collaboration-with a joint approach to serving members and advancing population health-- then we have a rare opportunity to reinvent what health care will look like tomorrow," said
This new partnership will enable high quality and integrated care for Aetna members by providing access to the Banner Health Network, which includes more than 900 primary care physicians and more than 5,800 specialists with access to more than 125 urgent care centers, as well as 14 hospitals, nine health centers, and 11 emergency centers. Doctors within the network will work hand-in-hand to provide the highest level of care coordination which will lead to better patient satisfaction and improved health outcomes.
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