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2025

Banner|Aetna Evolves Performance Network, Driving Value and Access for Arizona Employers and Members

Founding Banner|Aetna CEO Tom Grote Retires, Victoria Coley Appointed as New CEO

2024

Banner|Aetna members eliminate medications and see significant, sustained weight loss on its Type 2 diabetes reversal program through Virta Health

Inc. Magazine ranks Banner|Aetna among America’s fastest-growing companies

Banner|Aetna’s Joanne Mizell Named Among 2024 Outstanding Women in Business

Banner|Aetna Recognized as a 2023 Top Company to Work for in Arizona

2023

Banner|Aetna Now Offering Enhanced ACA Insurance Plans to More Arizonans

Banner|Aetna named among Modern Healthcare’s 2023 Top Innovators

Banner|Aetna's Joanne Mizell Honored as One of Arizona's Most Influential Women

Banner|Aetna's Tom Grote Named 2023 Phoenix Titan 100 Honoree

Banner|Aetna CEO Tom Grote recognized as 'Most Admired Leader' by Phoenix Business Journal

Banner|Aetna members eliminate Half of Diabetes Medications After Six Months on Virta Health’s Type 2 Diabetes Reversal Program

2022

Banner|Aetna Now Offers ACA Marketplace Plans Across Six Counties

Banner|Aetna Introduces “Frictionless Billing” for Banner Health Members

Banner|Aetna executives featured in Matters in Managed Care webinar from The American Journal of Managed Care

Banner|Aetna Partners with Virta Health to Bring Type 2 Diabetes Reversal to More Than 100K Members 

2021

Comienza la inscripción abierta para el mercado de seguros de salud conforme a la ACA y el seguro de salud de Banner|Aetna ya está disponible para las personas

Banner|Aetna health insurance now available to individuals as open enrollment begins for the ACA health exchange

Banner|Aetna Adds Scott Nordlund to its Board of Directors

Banner|Aetna Brings Its Performance Network to Coconino County, Delivering Greater Value to Employers and Employees Who Access Care in Northern Arizona

Banner|Aetna to enter the Affordable Care Act (ACA) individual insurance exchange marketplace in Arizona for January 1, 2022

Banner|Aetna Long-Term Contract Extension

2019

Banner|Aetna Selects 98point6 as Virtual Primary Care Solution

Banner|Aetna Names Jon Dingledine as New Market Head of Sales

2018

Banner|Aetna Names Jason Renne as Executive Vice President

Banner|Aetna Expands into Pima County

Banner|Aetna names Joanne Mizell as Chief Operating Officer

2017

Banner|Aetna Appoints Two Executives to C-Suite Team

Banner|Aetna Health Care Summit Draws Brokers and Health Care Leaders

Thomas J. Grote Tapped to Lead Banner|Aetna Joint Venture

Strategic Alliance Partnership

Banner|Aetna has partnered with The American Journal of Managed Care® to bring managed care professionals the latest in research and in practice.

Transforming health care, together

Banner|Aetna aims to offer access to more efficient and effective member care at a more affordable cost. We join the right medical professionals with the right technology, so members benefit from quality, personalized health care designed to help them reach their health ambitions.

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