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Aetna is the brand name used for products and services provided by one or more of the Aetna group of subsidiary companies, including Aetna Life Insurance Company, Coventry Health and Life Insurance Company and their affiliates (Aetna).

BETHESDA, Md. -Coventry Health Care Inc. will purchase First Health Group Corp. in a $1.8 billion deal in an effort to become a national player in the managed care market. Bethesda, Md.

You can use the same websites and tools you've always used to submit claims, precertify and access referral requests. Remember, Aetna and Coventry are the same company, so you and your patients may see either name or logo on the communications we send to you. We're always working to improve your experience.

In May 2013, the company was acquired by Aetna for $5.7 billion.

We represented Coventry Health Care, Inc. in the sale of its fee-based Medicaid services subsidiary, First Health Services Corporation, to Magellan Health Services, Inc. (NASDAQ: MGLN) for $110 million.

Who is responsible for obtaining prior authorization? The healthcare provider is usually responsible for initiating prior authorization by submitting a request form to a patient's insurance provider.

A decision by your health insurer or plan that a health care service, treatment plan, prescription drug or durable medical equipment is medically necessary. Sometimes called prior authorization, prior approval or precertification.

In the merger, First Health will merge with and into Coventry Merger Sub Inc., which is a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Coventry. Merger Sub will continue after the merger as the surviving entity and a wholly owned subsidiary of Coventry.