Friday, September 27, 2019
Tower Health, one of the region’s leading integrated health systems, and Humana Inc., one of the nation’s leading health and well-being companies, today announced an agreement to expand care options for Humana Medicare Advantage members at Tower Health facilities in Southeast Pennsylvania, with the addition of Reading Hospital to Humana’s Medicare network.
Effective October 1, the agreement provides in-network access for Humana Medicare Advantage Health Maintenance Organization (HMO), Preferred Provider Organization (PPO), and Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) health plan members seeking care at Tower Health’s flagship hospital, Reading Hospital in West Reading, and at the hospital’s outpatient facilities, including ambulatory surgery and urgent care centers.
This supplements existing in-network access Humana Medicare Advantage members currently have at the five other area Tower Health hospitals: Brandywine Hospital (Coatesville), Jennersville Hospital (West Grove), and Phoenixville Hospital (Phoenixville) in Chester County; Pottstown Hospital (Pottstown) in Montgomery County; and Chestnut Hill Hospital (Philadelphia) in Philadelphia County.
The contract also offers in-network access for Humana Medicare Advantage HMO, PPO, and PFFS members with approximately 2,000 primary and specialty care physicians and other clinicians employed by Tower Health.
Also effective October 1, Humana has signed a value-based care agreement with clinically integrated network Tower Health Partners (THP), in order to improve patient outcomes and the patient experience for Humana HMO and PPO members in Pennsylvania seeking care from physicians affiliated with THP.
Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
