Aetna, Ga. Health Provider Ink Deal

Aetna has reached agreement with Central Georgia Health Network (CGHN) on a multi-year contract that adds the Medical Center of Central Georgia and its affiliated physicians to Aetna’s provider network in the Macon area. The agreement provides current and new Aetna enrollees with access to the CGHN provider network. Under the agreement, members of Aetna network-based plans will be able to receive covered in-patient and out-patient services, at in-network rates, from the Medical Center of Central Georgia, the children’s hospital in Macon, home health, home infusion, three urgent care centers, radiology centers, a rehab hospital, an ambulatory surgery center, and approximately 180 physicians who previously had not participated with Aetna. These physicians include hospital-based doctors and community physicians. Aetna members will continue to have access to about 220 of CGHN’s affiliated physicians who had previously established contractual arrangements with Aetna. Aetna provides and administers health benefits to more than 500,000 members in Georgia.