Hackensack Meridian and Aetna reach deal, letting many NJ patients keep their doctors
New Jersey’s largest hospital system, Hackensack Meridian Health, has reached a deal with Aetna two weeks before their contract was set to expire, ending a dispute that
Hackensack Meridian had sent letters to patients insured by Aetna earlier this month warning them that if the two parties could not agree to new reimbursement rates by July 1, patients would lose in-network coverage to the health system’s network of 18 hospitals and 7,000 doctors. Some patients would have likely had to find new care teams, while others were weighing paying more out of pocket to keep their doctors.
Amid the contract dispute, Aetna accused Hackensack Meridian of trying to raise its rates too high, while Hackensack Meridian said it needed to cover rising costs related to staffing and inflation. When asked for comment on the decision to alert patients to the possibility that they would lose their coverage, Hackensack Meridian spokesperson Benjamin Goldstein said, “We have a responsibility to communicate early, quickly and transparently with our patients, who are our first priority and mean the world to us.”
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