Aetna’s Medicaid unit expands Pa. network

Hartford managed care provider Aetna Inc.'s Medicaid managed care division has added the five-hospital Crozer-Keystone Health System to its Pennsylvania network.

The new contract between Aetna Better Health and Crozer-Keystone is effective immediately, although terms were not disclosed.

Aetna Better Health on April 1 took over running Pennsylvania's Medicaid program. It currently has about 30,000 members across the southeastern and Lehigh/Capital regions of the state.

Aetna Better Health also runs Medicaid programs in Connecticut and Texas.