Aetna U.S. Healthcare Introduces Managed Worker's Compensation Services In NYC Area

Aetna U.S. Healthcare's Workers Comp Advantage (WCA) has received approval from the State of New York to begin offering its comprehensive managed worker's compensation services to groups in Manhattan and six nearby counties.

Now available in New York (Manhattan), Bronx, Kings, Nassau, Queens, Suffolk, and Westchester counties, Aetna U.S. Healthcare's program of managed workers compensation services is also pending approval in Richmond and Rockland counties.

"With landmark PPO legislation opening the New York market to managed care organizations for worker's compensation, we want to be the choice of employers and employees alike," says Michael Hartung, president of WCA, a subsidiary of Aetna U.S. Healthcare. "We believe that Aetna U.S. Healthcare's link with the medical community offers all the benefits of managed care, and presents a high-quality, comprehensive option for both companies and their workers."

"Based on WCA's service experience in other markets, our customers have, in most cases, realized reductions of more than 30 percent in employees' time lost from work and medical costs resulting from work-related injuries," Hartung says. "The impact is clear. Employees receive the specialized care they need while employers quickly regain a productive worker."

In addition to New York, Aetna U.S. Healthcare's WCA is licensed in Connecticut, Georgia, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. WCA has successfully provided services for nearly 70,000 workplace injuries and currently