Aetna (AET) And Consult A Doctor™ Come Together As A 24/7 Telemedicine And Work Life Service
Providence Financial Group teamed up with Aetna and Consult A Doctor to offer a bundled array of telemedicine and work life services to employers, agents and brokers throughout the U.S.
Aetna’s (NYSE: AET) work life platform Aetna Resources For Living has been combined with the Consult A Doctor™ 24/7 telemedicine service to provide employees with easier access to resources that help improve overall health, work/life balance and workplace productivity. Consult A Doctor Plus™ is a unique, on-demand solution that also allows employers to better manage health care costs by providing members with the help and support they need – where, when and how they need it.
Consult A Doctor Plus (CADR+) enables consumers to contact physicians, either by phone or email, for specific questions they may have. This product provides members with a variety of benefits, including:
- Confidential 24/7 telephonic consultation and prescription-writing.
- Access to Aetna Resources for Living work life resources and support.
- Patient advocacy bill review/mediation, provided by The Karis Group.
- Access to online wellness tools and health records.
- Legal and financial consulting.
“We are pleased to work with Providence Financial Group to provide those in need with support and services in all areas of physical, emotional, psychological and social well-being,” said Louise Murphy, head of Aetna Behavioral Health. “Aetna Resources For Living is a suite of offerings designed to engage people in addressing lifestyle issues and workplace stresses by providing a comfortable and safe environment for our members. This platform together with Consult A Doctor creates a concrete combination of medical and work life services.”
About Providence Financial Group
Providence Financial Group (PFG) is a sales and marketing organization of industry-leading financial products and services, marketed primarily through contracted agents and brokers.
PFG is an authorized representative of both Aetna Behavioral Health and Consult A Doctor, and Reseller/Administrator of the Consult A Doctor Plus program.
About Consult A Doctor
Consult A Doctor is the leading innovator of cloud-based telemedicine services and technology platform solutions empowering organizations to lower healthcare costs, provide revolutionary access and improve outcomes. With years of experience delivering direct-to-employer and consumer telemedicine services that offer convenient 24/7 access to doctor consultations by phone, email and video, Consult a Doctor has saved employers millions of dollars in unnecessary healthcare costs, and added millions of dollars of productivity to the bottom line by helping keep employees at work and healthy.
About Aetna – AET
Aetna (AET) is one of the nation’s leading diversified health care benefits companies, serving approximately 36.1 million people with information and resources to help them make better informed decisions about their health care. AET offers a broad range of traditional, voluntary and consumer-directed health insurance products and related services, including medical, pharmacy, dental, behavioral health, group life and disability plans, and medical management capabilities, Medicaid health care management services and health information technology services.
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