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RediClinic Announces Relationship with
Aetna
Relationship Marks First Agreement with a Major Health Plan
HOUSTON (September 14, 2006) – InterFit
Health announced today that its RediClinic division has entered into
a relationship with Aetna (NYSE: AET) in an effort to further increase
the affordability of its health clinic offerings by giving customers
another payment option. RediClinics are in-store facilities that provide
consumers with easy access to high-quality, non-emergency medical
services at affordable prices.
“We are pleased to make RediClinics even more accessible for
Aetna members and to begin accepting reimbursements from health
plans,” said Web Golinkin, President and Chief Executive Officer
of InterFit Health. “We are constantly striving to make high-quality,
routine healthcare more convenient and affordable for all consumers,
and our relationship with Aetna is an important step in this direction.”
Aetna members can access RediClinic “Get
Well” services at any of the following areas:
• New York City, NY* (Duane Reade)
• Fayetteville, AR (Wal-Mart)
• Broken Arrow and Owasso, OK (Wal-Mart)
• Houston (five locations), Round Rock and San Antonio,
TX (H-E-B)
*only available to Aetna PPO-based plans.
RediClinic recently announced plans to expand
into Atlanta with Walgreens late this year and to open new RediClinics
in other markets with Duane Reade, HEB and Wal-Mart.
RediClinics are overseen by medical directors and staffed by certified
nurse practitioners who diagnose, treat and prescribe medications
for common medical conditions, such as strep throat and upper respiratory
infections. They also administer a wide range of preventive services,
including health screenings, medical tests, vaccinations and basic
physical exams. RediClinics are open seven days a week (including
most holidays) and offer extended hours on weekdays. Adults and
children over age two are welcome, no appointments necessary and
a typical visit takes about 15 minutes.
RediClinic’s certified nurse practitioners, who are registered
nurses with master’s degrees, use a proprietary electronic
medical record system to document and guide patient visits. This
system ensures patient suitability to RediClinic’s limited
scope of practice and facilitates continuity of care when other
clinicians are involved. Patients who cannot be treated at RediClinic
or who need ongoing treatment are referred to their primary care
provider, if they have one, or to other physicians in their communities.
“Aetna wants every member to achieve and maintain his or her
optimal health. That means offering the right programs, providing
useful online tools and facilitating access to quality, cost-effective
care. As people’s lives become busier, retail health clinics
can provide a convenient alternative for certain common health problems
when a patient cannot see his or her primary care physician,”
said William Hauser, MD, Aetna’s regional medical director
for the Southeast and Southwest Regions. “Aetna urges members
to continue to use their primary care physician as their first recourse
for care of common health problems and to recognize that retail
clinics are not meant to treat serious illness or emergency situations.”
For a complete list of services or other information on RediClinic,
call 1-866-607-Redi or visit, .
RediClinics are open seven days a week with extended hours.
Revolution Health Group (RHG), the company created by AOL Co-founder
Steve Case, is InterFit Health’s largest investor and is providing
the capital to support the national rollout of RediClinic.
InterFit Health
Since 1989, InterFit Health has provided people with easy access
to convenient, accurate and affordable health screening and other
personal health management services. Today the company is the largest
provider of retail health screening services in the United States
and RediClinic is a leader in convenient care. The company also
provides health screenings, flu shots and other health-related services
to major employers, and directly to consumers through its Internet
site at www.interfit.com.
Revolution Health Group
Revolution Health Group was established in July 2005 to create
the leading comprehensive consumer-centric health company. One of
three business groups in the Revolution LLC family of companies,
Revolution Health empowers consumers by putting them at the center
of the health system, building innovative health-related companies
through investments, acquisitions and partnerships. Revolution Health’s
strategy is to create businesses and products that provide greater
consumer choice, control and convenience in three key healthcare
sectors affected by the rapid growth of the Internet and defined-contribution
health plans: content; coverage; and care.
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