Doctors are raising alarm about insurance company’s plan to put time limit on coverage for anesthesia during surgery
Doctors are raising alarm about insurance company’s plan to put time limit on coverage for anesthesia during surgery
After sharp criticism from anesthesiologists, an insurance company is halting its plan to limit the amount time it would cover anesthesia used in surgeries and procedures. Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield said on Thursday it would no longer move forward with the policy change.
Article title now reads: "Insurance company halts plan to put time limits on coverage for anesthesia during surgery "
Strange. I wonder why?
Anthem Blue Cross’ CEO Gail Boudreaux made 22 million dollars last year. Funny how the penny pinching only works in one direction
Tl;dr: “It’s a cynical exercise in figuring out a way to reject more claims initially, knowing that a number of those are just going to fall off and never be paid,”
Interesting timing…
No they're not. Doctors are talking about it, just like everyone else is, because it's blatantly evil, and divorced from the basic concept of healthcare, and anyone that reads even a single sentence about it can tell