Dr. Dexter L. Campinha-Bacote This is Me

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1. 1. www.tobacco-cessation.org

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   Published on: 11/1/2007   Last Visited: 3/20/2008

   "This outreach emphasizes the important role that physicians can play in helping their patients quit smoking," said Dr. Dexter Campinha-Bacote, Aetna's medical director for the North Central region.

2. 2. Aetna Wants You To Know What It's Paying Your Doctor - 8/29/2006 - insurancenewsnet.com

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   Published on: 8/29/2006   Last Visited: 8/29/2006

   Dr. Dexter Campinha-Bacote, Aetna's medical director in Cincinnati, said companies asked Aetna to come up with ways to make their employees more aware of health-care costs.
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   Although most people with traditional plans -- co-pays or co-insurance -- might not care what their doctor is paid, Campinha-Bacote said he hopes it will have patients asking questions.
   
   "It would bring to light what the true cost of health care is," he said.

3. 3. Aetna to let patients see doctor costs first - 2005-08-18

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   Published on: 8/18/2005   Last Visited: 8/19/2005

   "It is a pilot," said Dr. Dexter Campinha-Bacote, network medical director for Aetna (NYSE: AET). "It will either sink or swim based on what happens in Cincinnati."
   
   Hartford, Conn.-based Aetna "is not displaying what physicians charge," he said, "but Aetna's reimbursement to them."
   
   Campinha-Bacote said the change was driven by employers who wanted their workers to have more information to help them make decisions about health care. He said he did not know how long the test run would last, but that the insurer hopes to eventually make similar data available in other markets.