Aetna Extends Contract with the VCU Health System

Aetna AET announced today that it has reached agreement on a seven-year contract extension with Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Health System and its affiliated Medical College of Virginia (MCV) Physicians. The new contract took effect Oct. 15. Under the agreement, the VCU Health System will continue to provide covered benefits, at in-network rates, to Aetna members in the Richmond, Va., area. The contract also covers MCV Physicians, the health system's 600-physician faculty group practice.