Anthem Calls On Eye Surgeons To Monitor Anesthesia During Cataract Surgery If you need cataract surgery, your eye surgeon may have to do double duty as your anesthetist under a new policy by health insurer Anthem. In a clinical guideline released this month, the company said it’s not medically necessary to have an anesthesiologist or nurse anesthetist on hand to administer and monitor sedation in most cases. Read More February 21, 2018 Anthem, Blue Cross, Insurance 0 0 Comment Read More »
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 »
