Allina Health, Aetna launch insurance company: 3 key notes

Allina Health and Aetna, both based in Minneapolis, created a jointly owned health plan company to provide insurance options to the Minneapolis area.

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Here’s what you should know.

1. The companies are offering value-based care facing options intent on improving outcomes while lowering costs.

2. The companies anticipate offering commercial products in early 2018, with Medicare and other products to follow after they earn regulatory approval.

3. Penny Wheeler, MD, president and CEO of Allina Health, said, “We believe this partnership presents a unique opportunity to get our remarkable care teams further upstream to achieve better health outcomes and cost management for both patients and others who pay for care.”

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