Blue Cross Blue Shield Reverses Controversial Policy Change In Wake Of CEO Murder. [NIFO]
Posted by freedomforall 2 weeks, 3 days ago to Politics
Excerpt:
"In November, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield announced that it would no longer continue to pay for anesthesia over the complete duration of medical procedures for its policyholders in Connecticut, New York, and Missouri. Instead, the healthcare insurer would only pay for anesthesia over a predetermined amount of time. The insurer stated it would rely on parameters categorized as 'physician work time values' by the Centers For Medicare And Medicaid Services, a metric healthcare professionals opposed to Anthem's new policy described as arbitrary and unclear.
This meant that if the prescribed time frame for use of anesthesia exceeded those CMS metrics that Anthem would completely deny the bill submitted by anesthesiologists, leaving patients to cover the enormous cost. In an official statement announcing the new policy, Anthem wrote “We will utilize the CMS Physician Work Time values to target the number of minutes reported for anesthesia services. Claims submitted with reported time above the established number of minutes will be denied.” The policy change was set to take effect in February 2025.
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Despite the fervent outrage, Anthem remained indignant to the concerns raised by clinicians and public health officials. The insurer was heading into the new year with the policy change set to take effect undeterred. At least, that was until the murder of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Following Thompson's killing, consummate MSM shill and fake news parasite Taylor Lorenz put Anthem's new policy on anesthesia coverage back into the limelight. Lorenz reposted the press release issued by the ASA to Anthem in November, writing "And people wonder why we want these executives dead," on her account on Bluesky. Just hours after the incendiary post, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield announced that it would be reversing the change in policy and continue to pay for policyholder's anesthesia as it previously had."
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See how the cowards react to such a small threat.
If only people started taking NIFO seriously, perhaps the utter corruption in D.C. could be reversed without an actual nuclear attack.
"In November, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield announced that it would no longer continue to pay for anesthesia over the complete duration of medical procedures for its policyholders in Connecticut, New York, and Missouri. Instead, the healthcare insurer would only pay for anesthesia over a predetermined amount of time. The insurer stated it would rely on parameters categorized as 'physician work time values' by the Centers For Medicare And Medicaid Services, a metric healthcare professionals opposed to Anthem's new policy described as arbitrary and unclear.
This meant that if the prescribed time frame for use of anesthesia exceeded those CMS metrics that Anthem would completely deny the bill submitted by anesthesiologists, leaving patients to cover the enormous cost. In an official statement announcing the new policy, Anthem wrote “We will utilize the CMS Physician Work Time values to target the number of minutes reported for anesthesia services. Claims submitted with reported time above the established number of minutes will be denied.” The policy change was set to take effect in February 2025.
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Despite the fervent outrage, Anthem remained indignant to the concerns raised by clinicians and public health officials. The insurer was heading into the new year with the policy change set to take effect undeterred. At least, that was until the murder of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Following Thompson's killing, consummate MSM shill and fake news parasite Taylor Lorenz put Anthem's new policy on anesthesia coverage back into the limelight. Lorenz reposted the press release issued by the ASA to Anthem in November, writing "And people wonder why we want these executives dead," on her account on Bluesky. Just hours after the incendiary post, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield announced that it would be reversing the change in policy and continue to pay for policyholder's anesthesia as it previously had."
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See how the cowards react to such a small threat.
If only people started taking NIFO seriously, perhaps the utter corruption in D.C. could be reversed without an actual nuclear attack.
https://youtu.be/DfxcIGxedXc
Think I'll watch that tonight.
That torn down theater that my now deceased father took me to see Ben-Hur and Bridge On The River Kwai as a kid now provides extra parking space at the Houston County Courthouse.
Saw the latest The Magnifistink Seven to many fancy action moves I found quite boring.
And bring back what became that Marlboro Man music when TV was filled with nicotine addiction ads.
I'll wait.
It is amongst your highest costs of living.
Right up there with food, fuel and taxes.
Go for 30 years not having a claim.
Then run over a piece of rubber on the road and file a claim for damage.
Company raised insurance rate to triple the previous rate. Insane!
(Obviously, I changed to a different company and my rates are 'only'
a little higher than before.)
Get the government out of insurance (and every other) business
(like car manufacturing forced to include 'features' that no one would ever
buy voluntarily) and let the free market set prices.
medicare the insurance companies are paid over $1000 per month
by fedgov for handling the paperwork and paying for medical services.
Yes, I think they make a fortune off of the taxpayers for medicare.