WASHINGTON (dpa-AFX) - Tenet Healthcare Corp (THC) and Humana Inc (HUM) on Monday signed a new multi-year contract extension that provides Humana members with traditional commercial plans continued in-network access to Tenet's 79 hospitals, 193 outpatient centers and more than 1,800 employed physicians.
In addition, for the first time, patients enrolled in Humana's healthcare Exchange plans in Atlanta, Birmingham, Houston, Memphis and San Antonio will have access to Tenet hospitals, related facilities and employed and affiliated physicians. Humana Exchange members in Chicago, Detroit and Phoenix continue to have access.
Humana also has an existing agreement with Tenet that provides its Medicare Advantage members with in-network access to Tenet facilities.
The agreement also includes an accountable care organization (ACO) arrangement for Humana's Medicare Advantage members in Atlanta. The ACO is a collaboration between Tenet and Humana that is aimed at enhancing care coordination and includes incentive payments for achieving key evidence-based quality metrics.
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