Aetna has signed on to launch accountable care organizations with two members of Livonia, Mich.-based Trinity Health: Mercy Accountable Care, part of Conshohoken, Pa.-based Mercy Health, and Quality Health Alliance, part of Langhorne, Pa.-based St. Mary Medical Center.
The arrangement allows physicians and care teams to provide more coordinated, team-based care, enhance the patient experience, lower out-of-pocket costs and improve health outcomes for patients in Southeastern Pennsylvania.
The ACO adds on to a previous agreement made this year between Aetna, St. Mary Medical Center and Philadelphia-based Nazareth Hospital, part of Mercy Health, that made the hospitals Tier 1 providers on Aetna's Savings Plus network. Several Mercy Health hospitals are also Tier 1 providers, including Mercy Fitzgerald in Darby, Pa., Mercy Philadelphia and Mercy Suburban in East Norriton, Pa.
Aetna's Tier 1 providers cost patients less for care.
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