Becker's Healthcare September 26, 2024
Here are five updates on Aetna in September, as reported by Becker’s:
1. The Office of the Inspector General for HHS alleged in audits published Sept. 25 that subsidiaries of Aetna and Humana received millions in Medicare Advantage overpayments in 2017 and 2018. The OIG estimated that HealthAssurance Pennsylvania, an Aetna subsidiary, received $4.2 million in overpayments in that period of time.
2. Aetna is facing a class-action lawsuit alleging that they improperly denied gender-affirming care. The plaintiffs in the lawsuit, filed in federal district court in Connecticut Sept. 10, are three transgender women who allege they were denied coverage for gender-affirming facial reconstruction...
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