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Biologics
Bioventus Agrees to Nationwide Contract with Aetna™ Medicare Advantage Plans for DUROLANE® for Knee Osteoarthritis
DURHAM, N.C., Dec. 06, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Bioventus Inc. (Nasdaq: BVS) (“Bioventus” or the “Company”), a global leader in innovations for…
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Spine
Aetna® Updates Disc Replacement Guidelines; All Major Payors Now Cover Centinel Spine’s Lumbar Total Disc Replacement
Updated medical necessity guidelines by Aetna® now cover one-level Lumbar Total Disc Replacement (TDR).Aetna is one of the largest commercial…
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Financial
Cleveland Clinic, IBM, Aetna and Anthem partner to form blockchain firm Avaneer Health
The firm will boast a technological backbone that’s designed to support an array of platforms that reduce costs and accelerate…
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COVID-19
Aetna to cover cost of coronavirus hospital treatment for many members
March 25, 2020 / By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) – Many Aetna policyholders will not have to pay for coronavirus treatment if they…
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Financial
Apple partners with Aetna to launch health app leveraging Apple Watch data
Jan 29, 2019 / Jonathan Shieber In its clearest move yet to woo the healthcare industry, Apple has collaborated with the health…
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Hospitals
Aetna Offers Expanded Coverage for EXPAREL® in Select Ambulatory Surgical Centers
PARSIPPANY, N.J., Oct. 30, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Aetna has announced that they will reimburse select ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs)…
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Hospitals
CVS Health Acquisition of Aetna Moving Forward on Agreement with U.S. Department of Justice
WOONSOCKET, R.I., Oct. 10, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — CVS Health (NYSE: CVS) today announced that it has entered into an agreement with the U.S. Department…
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Financial
CVS agrees to buy Aetna in $69 billion deal that could shake up health-care industry
By Carolyn Y. Johnson December 3, 2017 Pharmacy giant CVS Health has agreed to buy Aetna in a $69 billion blockbuster acquisition that could rein in…
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Financial
Aetna, Humana Abandon Merger, Putting Paths to Growth in Doubt
By ANNA WILDE MATHEWS – Feb. 14, 2017 Aetna Inc. and Humana Inc. won’t appeal a judge’s decision to block their merger…
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Hospitals
AMA: Court Order in Aetna-Humana Merger Halts a Bad Deal for Elderly Patients
Statement attributed to: Andrew W. Gurman, M.D., President, American Medical Association “Elderly patients were the big winners today as a…
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Biologics
MiMedx EpiFix Receives Coverage From Aetna
MARIETTA, Ga., Dec. 27, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — MiMedx Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: MDXG), the leading regenerative medicine company utilizing human amniotic tissue and patent-protected…
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Financial
How A Blue Cross Plan Beat Aetna And UnitedHealth In Obamacare
AUG 23, 2016 – Bruce Japsen As Aetna AET -0.37% and UnitedHealth Group UNH -1.17% retreat next year from most…
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Hospitals
Aetna To Divest Medicare Plans And May Exit Obamacare
AUG 2, 2016 – Bruce Japsen Aetna and Humana will sell certain Medicare Advantage assets to Molina Healthcare as the insurers…
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Financial
Aetna CEO: Expecting Merger with Humana By Year’s End
By Matthew Kazin, Published August 02, 2016 Health care costs in the United States are plaguing both consumers and providers…
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Financial
Aetna Leaves Health Insurance Industry’s Largest Trade Group
By STEPHANIE ARMOUR Aetna Inc. on Tuesday became the second major insurer to leave the health insurance industry’s largest trade group, a…
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