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.

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.

Since 2015, VHAN’s multidisciplinary team of pharmacy experts has offered members assistance in improving medication adherence.

The Cigna Collaborative Care initiative is designed for people covered by a Cigna commercial plan or Cigna-HealthSpring Medicare Advantage plan who receive care from clinicians and facilities participating in VHAN.

UnitedHealthcare launched an accountable care program with VHAN clinicians to improve quality, lower costs and enhance the coordination of care for those enrolled in UnitedHealthcare’s employer and individual health plans.

Aetna Whole Health-Tennessee, leverages the strengths of VHAN to give employers a value-based health care option that increases quality, improves efficiency and the patient experience, and controls costs.

VHAN and Humana entered into a value-based agreement that will benefit 4,000 Humana Medicare Advantage (MA) members in Middle Tennessee and Jackson, Tenn.