Aetna forges alliance with CHOP pediatricians
Aetna Inc., the health insurer, and the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia have formed an alliance that will financially reward pediatricians for reducing avoidable hospital readmissions and emergency room visits and meeting other measures designed to reduce costs and improve patient satisfaction.
Aetna Inc., the health insurer, and the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia have formed an alliance that will financially reward pediatricians for reducing avoidable hospital readmissions and emergency room visits and meeting other measures designed to reduce costs and improve patient satisfaction.
The accountable care organization includes 1,100 doctors and is Aetna's first with a pediatric health system.
Patients of the CHOP network in Aetna's commercial health plans in the five-county Southeastern Pennsylvania area and in Burlington County are covered by the arrangement.