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NewYork-Presbyterian hospitals and health providers across the Hudson Valley will remain in-network for patients with the Aetna health plan after a contract dispute was resolved.
The potential move to out-of-network — which would increase what Aetna customers pay for health care at more than 19 NewYork-Presbyterian sites across the New York City metro region, or force ...
Hackensack Meridian Health, locked in a contract dispute with Aetna, has sent letters to the insurer's customers warning them that they may lose in-network coverage if the two sides can't reach a ...
Aetna Inc. (/ ˈ ɛ t n ə / ET-nə) is an American managed health care company that sells traditional and consumer directed health care insurance and related services, such as medical, pharmaceutical, dental, behavioral health, long-term care, and disability plans, primarily through employer-paid (fully or partly) insurance and benefit programs, and through Medicare.
Health Insurance Plan of Greater New York (HIP) was incorporated in 1944 as the first health insurance plan for public service workers. [9] The company was founded by David M. Heyman with the support of New York City mayor Fiorello La Guardia, who wanted to offer medical services to New Yorkers of “moderate means.” [10] HIP got its first members in 1947.
Managed care plans and strategies proliferated and quickly became nearly ubiquitous in the U.S. However, this rapid growth led to a consumer backlash. Because many managed care health plans are provided by for-profit companies, their cost-control efforts are driven by the need to generate profits and not providing health care. [5]
Doctors and Clinicians analyzed KFF data and resources from the Department of Health and Human Services to break down the common forms of insurance plans in the U.S. to help consumers navigate ...
Nicholas James Gonzalez (December 28, 1947 – July 21, 2015) was a New York–based physician known for developing the Gonzalez regimen (or Gonzalez protocol), an alternative cancer treatment. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Gonzalez's treatments were based on his belief that pancreatic enzymes were the body's main defense against cancer and could be used ...