Aetna is expanding a program that aims to reduce readmissions for its Medicare Advantage members to ten hospitals by the end of 2025.
The insurer is currently implementing the clinical collaboration program at Merriam, Kan.-based AdventHealth Shawnee Mission, Houston Methodist, and Raleigh, N.C.-based WakeMed Health & Hospitals, according to a Sept. 22 news release.
The initiative aims to reduce 30-day readmission rates and hospital stays by integrating Aetna nurses directly into hospital care teams, focusing on post-discharge care to help MA members transition back home or into skilled nursing facilities.
In early results from the program, Aetna said about 25% of participants are already actively working with a care manager. When fully scaled, the program is projected to reduce 30-day readmissions and length of hospital stays by 5% year-over-year.
