Aetna, Abington Medical Specialists Cardiology Sign Five-Year Agreement

(RTTNews) - Aetna (AET) and Abington Medical Specialists/AMS Cardiology announced that they have reached agreement on a new five-year contract that will take effect March 15, 2016.

Under the contract, members of Aetna commercial and Medicare Advantage plans will be able to receive covered benefits, at in-network rates from the 17 cardiologists who comprise AMS Cardiology. The practice is affiliated with Abington Memorial Hospital.

Aetna provides health benefits to more than 1.6 million people in Pennsylvania. Those members have access to a broad network of 238 hospitals and more than 80,000 contracted physicians.