Aetna has announced that it has reached agreement with Capital Regional Medical Center. The contract adds the 198-bed hospital to Aetna's Tallahassee network, and allows members of Aetna network-based plans to receive covered in-patient and out-patient services, at in-network rates, from Capital Regional.
Under a recently unveiled plan, Georgians would pay an extra $10 annually for each car they register to help fund a statewide trauma care network. The plan could provide millions of dollars to financially strapped Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta.
Atlanta's Emory University is considering moving its hospital, outpatient clinic and some research facilities to one of the its satellite campuses. Emory is also considering another plan to consolidate hospital, outpatient and research facilities and expand its Crawford Long medical campus.
New Medicare rules for a small but promising class of cancer drugs may cause thousands of lymphoma patients to lose access to the treatment. The companies that make the drugs, and patient advocates, say the changes will cut reimbursement for the medicines and cause many hospitals to stop offering the treatments.
Massachusetts employers will spend an estimated $175 million more a year for health insurance under the state's healthcare reform law, according to a report from the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation.
Earlier in 2007, the state of Oklahoma used its limited authority to fine Humana almost as much as the federal government has fined all Medicare Advantage players combined. The state felt that it had uncovered serious abuses that deserved far harsher punishment from the federal government, and now frustrated state commissioners are increasingly calling for reforms.