Aetna Life Insurance Co. will pay up to $3.4 million to settle a proposed class action claiming it wrongly refused to cover a cancer treatment called proton beam therapy.
Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center has agreed to a six-figure settlement with the federal government to resolve overpayments for Medicare claims. The settlement, which does not include an admission of wrongdoing by WFBMC, involves overpayment of $757,585, the U.S. Attorney’s office announced Tuesday.
Vermont’s largest private health insurance company now says it will continue payments to providers who are part of the state’s health care reform efforts. Blue Cross Blue Shield Vermont in December announced it would not renew its contract with OneCare Vermont, the centerpiece of the state’s “all-payer” model.
Federal and state regulators are being urged to increase their oversight of insurance agents and brokers selling Medigap policies, the private supplemental coverage owned by millions of people with traditional Medicare that pays out-of-pocket costs.
UnitedHealth Group and Humana are two of the largest health insurers in America and each of them is taking significant steps to help. I spoke with Andy McMahon and John Barger from UnitedHealth Group and Humana, respectively, to get their insights into which actions these corporations are taking to help solve our country’s current housing crisis.