1. Aetna Health, Inc.
City: Hartford, CT
Category: Health Care
Telephone: (800) 323-9930
Address: 151 Farmington Avenue
Description: Aetna is one of the nation’s largest providers of health care, dental, group life, disability, and long-term care insurance. The company has branches in all 50 states. In Maine, Aetna is second only to Anthem Blue Cross/Blue Shield in the number of locals covered under its insurance umbrella. In 2007 the state reported that 65,365 Mainers were covered under Aetna health insurance, HMO, or life insurance plans. The company offers HMO and point-of-service plans for individuals and small or large groups.
2. Connecticut Children’S Medical Center
City: Hartford, CT
Category: Health Care
Telephone: (860) 545-9000
Address: 282 Washington St.
Description: The largest pediatric-care facility between New York and Boston, the Connecticut Children’s Medical Center provides medical care for about 15,000 children in the Hartford area. The center is a teaching hospital and also provides emergency room services, a surgical unit, intensive care, and neonatal care.
3. Hartford Hospital
City: Hartford, CT
Category: Health Care
Telephone: (860) 545-5555
Address: 80 Seymour St.
Description: Hartford Hospital’s excellence and innovation began in 1854, when it was Hartford’s first hospital. It is a teaching hospital affiliated with the University of Connecticut’s School of Medicine. The hospital was the first in the state to perform a successful heart transplant, and they have pioneered the use of surgical robotics. Connecticut’s only air ambulance system is operated from the hospital, the state’s only Level 1 trauma center. The Stroke Center, the Spine and Joint Center, and the Surgical Weight Loss Center receive award recognition, and the hospital as a whole is recognized by U.S. News & World Report as the best regional hospital.
4. St. Francis Hospital And Medical Center
City: Hartford, CT
Category: Health Care
Telephone: (860) 714-4000
Address: 114 Woodland St.
Description: The 617-bed St. Francis Hospital is the largest Catholic hospital in New England. In 1990 St. Francis became affiliated with Mt. Sinai Hospital, making it the first time a Catholic and Jewish hospital merged. Among the many centers for excellence are the Connecticut Joint Replacement Institute and the Hoffman Heart and Vascular Institute of Connecticut, the first comprehensive heart institute in southern New England, as well as the Mandell Center for Multiple Sclerosis Care and Neuroscience Research located at 490 Blue Hills Ave. in Hartford. The hospital was founded in 1897 and recently completed a 318,000-square-foot addition.