One of the country’s largest health insurers is facing backlash from doctors and government officials over its decision to no longer pay for anesthesia care if a surgery or procedure goes beyond a ...

After sharp criticism from anesthesiologists, an insurance company is halting its plan to limit the amount of time it would cover anesthesia used in surgeries and procedures. Anthem Blue Cross Blue ...

Health insurer Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield says it is no longer planning a policy change that would place time limits on coverage for anesthesia services in Connecticut, New York and Missouri—a ...

Doctors, patients, and even politicians strongly reacted to the news that major health insurance provider Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield was changing one of its coverage policies. According to multiple ...

Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield said Thursday it was not going ahead with a policy change that would limit reimbursements for anesthesia during surgeries and medical procedures. The new policy would ...

General anesthesia makes you unconscious and pain-free during surgery, ensuring you don’t feel or remember anything while surgeons perform the procedure safely. General anesthesia is a procedure in ...

Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield officials had planned to roll out the changes nationwide but said they were misunderstood. By Roni Caryn Rabin Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield, a major health insurer, on ...

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One of the country’s largest health insurance companies, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield, announced that it would no longer cover anesthesia care during surgery procedures if they pass an arbitrary time ...

According to Germany’s Federal Health Reporting database, there were around 16 million surgeries in the country between 2010 and 2016. Data on whether general anesthesia or regional anesthesia was ...

On January 1, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts implemented a policy that would have limited coverage of monitored anesthesia care for certain patients receiving colonoscopies and other ...

Over 350 million surgeries are performed globally each year. For most of us, it's likely at some point in our lives we'll have to undergo a procedure that needs general anesthesia. Even though it is ...