Network: CHOMPS Hospital Terminates from Aetna
It is Aetna's objective to negotiate a contract that is not only competitive, but also reasonable to our customers, members and the hospital. CHOMP’s unwillingness to reduce their high cost of care comes at a time when both the nation and state are focusing on reducing costs as one of the key components of health care reform.
Aetna must help contain skyrocketing health care costs, which partly depends on affordable network contracts. Aetna members and customers depend on Aetna to negotiate contracts with reasonable and realistic rate increases. CHOMP is currently more expensive than other hospitals in Northern California. Residents and employers in the Monterey area would continue to pay on average the highest costs in Northern California if we had accepted an agreement with CHOMP that was at 100% of billed charges.
Alternative hospitals in the Aetna network
While we would prefer to have had CHOMP and it's physicians in our local Aetna network, and acknowledge that it is a valuable and respected health care provider in the community, we have an adequate network of hospitals and physicians in the area that can meet our members’ health care needs.
Aetna will continue to provide access to nearby, in-network hospitals.
Hospital location:
Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula
23625 Holman Highway
Monterey, CA 93940
Alternative nearby hospitals:
Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital
450 E. Romie Lane
Salinas, CA 93901
Natividad Medical Center
1441 Constitution Blvd.
Salinas, CA 93906
Alternative nearby skilled nursing facilities:
Monterey Pines Skilled Nursing Facility
1501 Skyline Drive
Monterey, CA 93940
Pacific Coast Care Center
720 E. Romie Lane
Salinas, CA 93901
Alternative nearby chemical dependency facilities:
Beacon House
468 Pine Avenue
Pacific Grove, CA 93950
Sun Street
11 Peach Drive
Salinas, CA 93901
Alternative home health services:
Central Coast VNA and Hospice
Heartland Home Health Care Network
Please contact your Aetna Representative if you have any questions, or if you need any additional information. We appreciate your support and we will continue to keep you informed of any changes in our local network.