Banner Health, Aetna partner on ACOs

Banner Health Network, an accountable care organization (ACO) with headquarters in Phoenix and operations in seven states, has partnered with Aetna, a Hartford, Conn.-based health insurance provider, to create a new health benefits package that will be available to Arizona employers in less than a month.

Banner and Aetna entered a risk-sharing agreement that will reward Banner Health for achieving certain quality, efficiency and patient satisfaction measures.