Baton Rouge General, Aetna resolve reimbursement dispute after nearly two years

Baton Rouge General hospital is seen, Tuesday, May 14, 2024, in Baton Rouge, La. Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save After nearly two years, Baton Rouge General has resolved a reimbursement dispute with Aetna that affected about 5,000 patients. As of Nov.

1, people with Aetna plans will be able to go to Baton Rouge General hospitals and clinics again. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. “We’re happy we can continue to care for Aetna members again and look forward to building on that relationship,” Edgardo Tenreiro, Baton Rouge General president and CEO, said in a statement.

“The feedback we received was clear — patients want the best quality and the doctors they know and trust.” The health system said its hospitals were no longer in network for Aetna as of November 2022, when its contract with the insurer expired. Its physician clinics went out of network in mid-April 2023.

Baton Rouge General officials said Aetna was paying the health system at rates that were roughly half of what its competitors receive. Aetna is the insurance provider to an undetermined number of local ExxonMobil refinery and chemical plant workers and retirees..