If you want to know how the healthcare insurance company Aetna is going to be transformed in the future, you need to read the letter by Bertolini. Aetna’s CEO Mark T. Bertolini wrote a letter to his employees on the occasion of Aetna’s plans to relocate its headquarters. In his first statement, Bertolini foreshadowed the coming transformation of an insurance company that has been in Hartford for more than 160 years. A spokesman for Aetna confirmed the note was shared Friday with employees.
He mentions,
“Our headquarters relocation project represents an exciting opportunity for us to create a renewed energy around our transformation into a health company. Our strategy is to continue to grow in the digital space and bring new innovations to market, requiring us to expand our access to talent for the knowledge economy.”
According to Bertolini Aetna is going to bring new innovations to market when it will relocate its headquarters. He mentions this change “will be emblematic of the type of environments we want to create at all of our major locations in the future.”
The Aetna CEO is known for pushing the company in new directions, pursuing mergers and improving wages for employees. He also suggested that it was time for a national debate about a single-payer health care system. However, the CEO mention that Aetna will no longer sell policies under the Affordable Care Act or ACA. Aetna generated $2.27 billion in profit last year.
Bertolini has also told the investors he would like to Aetna to reach out to patients even more deeper. He further mentioned that Aetna may become like Amazon in the future and essentially provide logistics or support to help people figure out what they need to be happy and healthy and to get any chronic conditions under control.
The Aetna CEO further mentioned that the relocation of company’s headquarters and a few hundred workers out of Hartford will have “minimal impact” on the Hartford offices. The company’s proposed $34 billion merger with Humana collapsed earlier this year after a federal judge rejected the deal. The idea of moving its Hartford headquarters first surfaced early last year during the Humana merger discussions.
Date: June 8, 2017