Congress authorized relaunching the program with $284 billion in funding to eligible small businesses. 

At Cool Springs Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, staff members didn’t waste any time prioritizing operational changes to their quality improvement process. These changes have allowed them to stay ahead of the curve and consistently meet the different measures set by multiple payors.

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.

This year, VHAN members have downloaded 882 PDFs and viewed nearly 30,000 pages on the Hub. The most popular items included telehealth guides.

VHAN hosted a virtual town hall to address the safety and efficacy of the new COVID-19 vaccines. Panelists were Vanderbilt University Medical Center experts in vaccine research, epidemiology and infectious disease.

This year one VHAN member found great success implementing the VHAN Quality Measures Toolkit—ranked the No. 1 most-downloaded piece of content on the Hub.

NexusACO is now available to self-funded and fully insured employers in Nashville, Knoxville and Chattanooga. VHAN providers will be featured in Tier 1 of the NexusACO network, with members incentivized through lower copays to choose these physicians for their care.

The Tennessee Chamber of Commerce & Industry announced a new collaboration with Aetna and VHAN to provide small businesses access to Aetna Funding Advantage self-funded health plans at a significant discount. The plan, known as TN Chambers Health, will leverage trusted VHAN providers across Tennessee to care for plan members.