California’s Regulators To Investigate Aetna’s Medical Coverage Decisions Both of California’s health insurance regulators said they will investigate how Aetna Inc. makes coverage decisions, as the lawsuit of a California man who is suing the nation’s third-largest insurer for improper denial of care heads for opening arguments on Wednesday. The Department of Managed Health Care, which regulates the vast majority of health plans in California, said Monday it will investigate Hartford, Ct.-based Aetna after CNN first reported Sunday that one of the company’s medical directors had testified in a deposition related to the lawsuit that he did not examine patients’ records before ... February 20, 2018 Aetna, Insurance 0 0 Comment Read More »
Pilot Program Using Drones to Deliver Medical Supplies The Stanford Blood Center has partnered with drone manufacturer Matternet and the City of Palo Alto to ask permission from the FAA to launch a pilot program to test the use of drones to deliver medical supplies like blood and test samples. Read More... January 16, 2018 General 0 0 Comment Read More »
CMS Clears Up Confusion Over Texting Policy Following confusing and contradicting guidance, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has clarified its stance on the use of text messaging patient information between providers. Read More... January 16, 2018 CMS, Medicare 0 0 Comment Read More »
Whistleblowers: DEA attorneys went easy on McKesson, the country's largest drug distributor In 2014, after two years of painstaking inquiry by nine DEA field divisions and 12 U.S. Attorneys, investigators built a powerful case against McKesson for the company's role in the opioid crisis. Read More... January 4, 2018 DEA, McKesson, Public Health 0 0 Comment Read More »
UnitedHealth Buys Large Doctors Group as Lines Blur in Health Care In another example of the blurring boundaries in the health care industry, UnitedHealth Group, one of the nation’s largest insurers, said on Wednesday that it is buying a large physician group to add to its existing roster of 30,000 doctors. Read More December 7, 2017 Insurance, United Healthcare 0 0 Comment Read More »
