Victory: Judge Blocks Aetna-Humana Merger In a landmark win today for organized medicine and the nation’s patients, federal judge John D. Bates blocked the proposed Aetna-Humana merger. January 23, 2017 Advocacy, AMA Aetna, AMA, Humana, Merger 0 0 Comment Read More »
Members Receives Complimentary Access to Payor Profiles SFMS members can access profiles of major payors in California for free as part of their member benefit. Each profile includes key information on health plan market penetration, a description of the plan’s dispute resolution process and the name and contact numbers for medical directors, provider relations and other key contacts. August 7, 2015 CMA, Medicare, Physician Resource, Practice Management Blue Shield, CIGNA, Health Net, Medi-Cal, Aetna, Anthem Blue Cross, Medicare, payor profiles, United Healthcare 0 0 Comment Read More »
Updated Payor Profiles Now Available on CMANET.ORG CMA’s Center for Economic Services has published updated profiles on each of the major payors in California including Aetna, Anthem Blue Cross, Blue Shield of California, CIGNA, Health Net, United Healthcare, Medicare/Palmetto and Medi-Cal. Each profile includes key information on health plan market penetration, a description of the plan’s dispute resolution process and the name and contact numbers for medical directors, provider relations and other key contacts. July 12, 2013 CMA, Physician Resource Anthem Blue Cross, Blue Shield, CIGNA, Health Net, Medi-Cal, Medicare, payor profile, United Healthcare, Aetna 0 0 Comment Read More »
Aetna Fee Schedule Changes In April, Aetna made changes to its fee schedule for its commercial lines of business. Although Aetna initially stated that the change would only affect Northern California physicians, SFMS has recently learned that the changes were applied statewide. June 11, 2012 News, Payment fee schedule change, Aetna 0 0 Comment Read More »