AETNA, Reston Hospital Center Sign Contract
Aetna (NYSE: AET) announced today that it has reached agreement on a multi-year contract renewal with HCA hospitals, Reston Hospital Center and Northern Virginia Community Hospital, extending its long-term relationship with the Northern Virginia facilities.
“Aetna has enjoyed a positive, productive arrangement with Reston Hospital Center for several years,” said Bill Stout, head of network operations for Aetna in Virginia, Maryland and Washington, D.C. “The hospital has been a significant part of our Northern Virginia network, and we’re very happy to announce that our relationship will continue.”
Under the contract, members of Aetna’s HMO-based and PPO-based plans in the area may receive covered in-patient and out-patient services, at in-network rates, from Reston Hospital Center and Northern Virginia Community Hospital.
“We are pleased that Reston Hospital Center and Northern Virginia Community Hospital will continue to provide health care services to all Aetna health plan participants,” said William A. Adams, president and Chief Executive Officer for Reston Hospital Center. “Many Aetna members are our neighbors. This new agreement will allow us to continue to do what we do best – provide quality health care services to the people in our community.”
Reston Hospital Center is a 187-bed community hospital offering medical, surgical and obstetrical inpatient services as well as ambulatory surgery and ancillary outpatient services. Northern Virginia Community Hospital is located in Arlington, Va. The hospitals and sister facilities, Dominion Hospital, Fairfax Surgical Center, Reston Surgery Center and the proposed Broadlands Regional Hospital, are affiliates of Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA, the country’s largest health care company.
Aetna provides health benefits to more than 450,000 members in Virginia. Members in the Northern Virginia area have access to a contracted network of 12 hospitals, 878 primary care physicians and 2,156 specialists.
As one of the nation’s leading providers of health care, dental, pharmacy, group life, disability and long-term care benefits, Aetna puts information and helpful resources to work for its approximately 14.65 million medical members, 13.03 million dental members, 9.34 million pharmacy members and 13.67 million group insurance members to help them make better informed decisions about their health care and protect their finances against health-related risks. Aetna provides easy access to cost-effective health care through a nationwide network of more than 700,000 health care professionals, including over 418,000 primary care and specialist doctors and 4,231 hospitals. For more information, please visit www.aetna.com. (Figures as of September 30, 2005)