When VHAN Social Worker Mary Brooks found out that one of her patients in West Tennessee had fallen and broken a foot while trying to get into her home, she immediately began thinking of ways to help.
The new Aetna Medicare Advantage (MA) contract is measured across quality and cost performance, and participation means expanded access to high-value, low-cost care for MA patients across the network. The network’s new agreement with Aetna brings VHAN to three MA contracts, alongside Cigna MA and Humana MA.
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When the pandemic hit in March 2020, West Tennessee Healthcare (WTH) faced the same dilemmas as health care organizations across the country: With a lack of available PPE, safety concerns for doctors and patients, and the inability to reach many patients in person, WTH needed to launch a telehealth program quickly.
For the second year in a row, VHAN achieved 100% performance for all Aetna contracted quality measure targets during the 2019 performance year. VHAN’s performance actually exceeded Aetna’s national standards in several measures.