Posted on 12/05/2024 4:16:41 PM PST by Morgana
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield have reversed a policy change that would have seen them tie payments in some states to the length of time a patient went under anesthesia.
The insurance company, which is one of the largest health insurance companies in the country, backtracked on the move following widespread outcry.
Their decision came just a day after UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was shot dead in Manhattan on Wednesday morning.
In a statement the company said: 'To be clear, it never was and never will be the policy of Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield to not pay for medically necessary anesthesia services.
'The proposed update to the policy was only designed to clarify the appropriateness of anesthesia consistent with well-established clinical guidelines.'
The company would have used 'physician work time values,' which is published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, as the metric for anesthesia limits, with maternity patients and patients under the age of 22 were exempt.
Last month, the American Society for Anesthesiologists called on Anthem to 'reverse the proposal immediately'.
The umbrella company for Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield is Elevance Health which is headed by Gail Boudreaux who had previously held Thompson's position as the CEO of UnitedHealthCare.
Thompson was named UnitedHealthcare CEO in 2021 and earned a reported $10 million a year, and for several years prior he ran the Medicare business within UnitedHealthcare.
He was slated to speak at an investor meeting at the Hilton Hotel soon after the shooting on Wednesday morning.
According to a release from United Healthcare on Tuesday, he would announce the company's hugely profitable 2025 financial outlook, including expected revenues upwards of $450 billion.
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They need to get in line behind the criminals running D.C.
“He was slated to speak at an investor meeting at the Hilton Hotel soon after the shooting on Wednesday morning. “
there is something wrong with this sentence, but I don’t know how to fix it.
They ALL need to be investigated for fraud and neglect. They killed my wife by refusing to pay for testing she needed as “preventative” medicine. And because we were paying their insurance bills and copays we could not afford it ourselves. It is a carefully designed TRAP designed to reduce population while it makes them rich.
Makes me wonder if this is just the beginning.
lol...
I’m so very sorry.
Colonoscopy. I chose to not get knocked out. The doc said it was another $500. Not worth it. I chose the torture. Some people feel entitled.
To answer your question, yes it is.
You don’t f*** around with people’s lives and don’t think there won’t be consequences?
He made decisions about health care that caused people to die.
I’ve thought hard about this and you know what? He lived by the sword so now he died by it.
God have mercy on his soul he is paying for his sins.
thank you for posting that
Scared straight
They have turned into the proverbial “death board” folks warned about when Obamacare was being presented.
I’n sure I am not the only one who has had a similar situation. It is a real common problem in the health industry. Between the incompetent and crooked heath industry and the insurance companies they are practicing population control. Know what the third leading cause of death is in the U.S.? The Health industry...
I belong to Kaiser, I wont do a colonoscopy or endoscopy unless I am knocked out on the good stuff..my Mom has medicare/blue shield and her doctor would not do a colonoscopy on her unless she was sedated, in the past she would do it awake..she hates sedation I love it, profofol rocks
Agree. Having experienced many ofthe concerns posted here, I am very familiar with their tactics and the resulting anger at the medical community which is complicit. Pure evil.
It’s not just health insurance, it’s the doctors as well. Medical mistakes are like the second leading cause of death. Easier to see how greedy and dishonest insurance people are but doctors are trusted more than they should be.
“He was slated to speak at an investor meeting at the Hilton Hotel soon after the shooting on Wednesday morning. “there is something wrong with this sentence, but I don’t know how to fix it.
His agenda that day was (1) get shot and (2) speak at the investor meeting at the Hotel immediately after getting shot.
“’To be clear, it never was and never will be the policy of Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield to not pay for medically necessary anesthesia services.”
For some odd reason the CEO suddenly got religion.
Well, did he speak afterward? /sarc
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