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Preferred
Care and Aetna Join GRDC
The GRDC is pleased to welcome two new members, Preferred
Care and Aetna.
 Preferred
Care's representative to the GRDC is Aneli Rivera-Platt,
HR Manager and Staffing Specialist. She can be reached
at: T: 327-5778, F: 327-2528, ariveraplatt@preferredcare.org.
Preferred
Care, a not-for-profit managed healthcare plan, serves
the health care needs of more than 217,000 members throughout
the nine counties in the Greater Rochester region. Established
in 1979, Preferred Care serves Commercial, Medicare,
Medicaid and self-funded HMO health plan members. Its
Commercial and Medicare+Choice (Preferred Care Gold)
plans have earned an Excellent NCQA accreditation, the
highest rating, for its commitment to quality. Preferred
Care Gold has the lowest disenrollment rate in the country,
according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Preferred Care also is rated #1 in customer satisfaction
in its market area by the New York State HMO Report
Card.
 Aetna's
representative to the GRDC is Elysa Ferrara, Network Market
Head. She can be reached at T: 518-451-3583, F: 518-451-3597,
ferraraep@aetna.com.
Aetna
is one of the nation's leading providers of health care,
dental, pharmacy, group life, disability and long-term
care products, serving more than 13.0 million medical
members, 11.3 million dental members and 11.7 million
group insurance customers, as of June 30, 2003. The
company has expansive nationwide networks of more than
579,000 health care services providers, including nearly
349,000 primary care and specialist physicians and 3,589
hospitals. We are also a national leader in diversity
issues, working to improve the quality of health care
by reducing racial and ethnic disparities in access
and delivery. Aetna offers Rochester employers choice
and flexibility on plan design as well as innovative
online educational support tools to help companies and
their employees make the most of their health care benefits.
The
GRDC is the leading organization for workforce diversity
in the Rochester, New York region. Becoming a member
may be one of the most important connections you and
your company or organization make to expand your thinking
and stay on the leading edge of diversity in the workplace.
Click here for membership information.
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