Care Coordination: Improving Chronic Disease Management through Coordinated Care

Patients with complex conditions including chronic diseases require highly efficient, collaborative treatment from their health insurers and providers. Julie Bietsch, senior vice president of clinical operations at Aetna, and Eric Fennel, vice president of network strategy and value-based solutions at Aetna, describe how Aetna uses care coordination strategies and tools to improve payer-provider partnership in chronic disease management.