Aetna (NYSE: AET) and the State University of New York (SUNY) Downstate Medical Center announced a new agreement for SUNY Downstate's resumed participation in the Aetna network, and the continuing participation of University Hospital of Brooklyn's recently acquired Long Island College Hospital campus.
Under the agreement, SUNY Downstate's University Hospital of Brooklyn will participate for all Aetna commercial and Medicare products, including student health plans. The new agreement also will enable the more than 700 SUNY Downstate hospital-based and affiliated physicians currently participating with Aetna to continue their participation uninterrupted. Groups included in the contract are: University Hospital of Brooklyn; University Physicians of Brooklyn, P.C.; and Brooklyn Anesthesia Research.
"We are extremely pleased to have reached a three-year agreement with SUNY Downstate," said David Kobus, Aetna senior vice president - New York Network. "Having this key facility in our network expands access to quality care at convenient locations for our members who live and work in Brooklyn."
"We are delighted to have a new agreement that will allow Aetna members to continue to have full access to the services provided by SUNY Downstate and its excellent physicians," said Grace Wong, vice president for managed care and clinical business at SUNY Downstate.
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