Anthem in Missouri: ‘Enormous’ price differences influenced policy change for hospital-based imaging coverage

(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review)

Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield of Missouri in St. Louis said it stopped covering outpatient MRIs and CT scans at hospitals without prior authorization due to “enormous” price variations, St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports. Continue reading article here…

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