Aetna, Bon Secours Health System announce collaboration

A new accountable care agreement between Aetna and Bon Secours Health System will support 57,000 Medicare beneficiaries in Kentucky, New York, South Carolina and Virginia.

Bon Secours will use technology and care coordination services from Aetna subsidiary Healthagen to help coordinate healthcare for Medicare beneficiaries in the Good Help ACO, according to a release. These capabilities will include health information exchange technology and desktop-based access to clinical decision support and workflow tools. In addition, Aetna will begin administering Bon Secours’ employee medical benefits plan on Sept. 1, according to the announcement.

The collaboration will focus on patient engagement and compliance to help ensure sustainability, the press release said.

“We are excited to empower Bon Secours’ physicians with greater access to the information and resources they need to better care for patients and make the experience simpler and more effective,” said Tom Grote, president of Aetna’s Virginia, Maryland and Washington, D.C. operations, in a statement. “We also look forward to supporting the medical benefits for Bon Secours’ employees.”