UnitedHealthcare and Adventist Midwest Health Reach New Multi-Year Agreement
Posted on: Thursday, 7 June 2007, 18:00 CDT
UnitedHealthcare, a UnitedHealth Group (NYSE:UNH) company, and Adventist Midwest Health reached a new multi-year agreement, effective June 15, that provides UnitedHealthcare and United Behavioral Health members with access to Adventist Midwest Health facilities in the Chicagoland area.
The new contract extends access to Adventist Hinsdale Hospital, Adventist GlenOaks Hospital, Adventist La Grange Memorial Hospital, Adventist Bolingbrook Hospital, Hinsdale Surgical Center and all affiliated hospital ancillary entities, such as Adventist St. Thomas Hospice, Adventist Health Care at Home and Adventist Imaging Network.
"Our renewed relationship with Adventist Midwest helps provide quality, affordable health care for the people we serve, which is our fundamental mission," said Tom Wiffler, president and CEO of UnitedHealthcare of Illinois. "Adventist Midwest Health has outstanding facilities and shares our commitment to the people of the Chicago area. We are pleased to extend this relationship for the benefit of our members and Adventist Midwest's patients."
"We are particularly pleased the new agreement provides support for Adventist Midwest hospitals' ongoing clinical quality initiatives," said David Crane, president and CEO of Adventist Midwest Health. "There is a shared understanding between Adventist Midwest and UnitedHealthcare that the quality of service patients receive is the most important priority."
About Adventist Midwest Health
Adventist Midwest Health is a not-for-profit Christian health care leader committed to partnering with physicians and the community to provide whole person care. Adventist Midwest Health includes Adventist Bolingbrook Hospital, Adventist Hinsdale Hospital, Adventist La Grange Memorial Hospital, Adventist GlenOaks Hospital, the physicians of Adventist Health Partners and affiliated organizations.
About UnitedHealthcare
UnitedHealthcare (www.unitedhealthcare.com) provides a full spectrum of consumer-oriented health benefit plans and services. The company organizes access to quality, affordable health care services on behalf of more than 26 million individual consumers, contracting directly with more than 535,000 physicians and care professionals and 4,700 hospitals nationwide to offer them broad, convenient access to services nationwide. UnitedHealthcare is one of the businesses of UnitedHealth Group (NYSE:UNH), a diversified Fortune 50 health and well-being company.
Source: Business Wire
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