A six-state pilot program will target “wasteful care” under Medicare, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services says.

Aetna now requires all patients to receive pre-approval for cataract surgery. The Hartford, Conn.-based insurer said it had spent the past few months reaching out to opthamologists in its networks to ...

Your ASC’s surgery scheduler has just scheduled a procedure for next week. Prior to performing this procedure, there are numerous steps required to ensure that your ASC is properly compensated for ...

Aetna will roll back a broad pre-certification policy for cataract surgeries that it launched last summer, the insurer tells Fierce Healthcare exclusively. Under the program, Aetna required prior ...

DALLAS — I know for some people, Medicare open enrollment time (which is happening now) can seem like a dreaded medical procedure: You know you need to get it done, but you don’t really want to do it.

Jerome Fukuhara knew something was wrong with his heart when it got harder and harder to breathe while walking around the block. In February the 52-year-old Salt Lake resident went to his doctor, who ...