{"id":15568,"date":"2020-03-26T11:59:18","date_gmt":"2020-03-26T15:59:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=15568"},"modified":"2020-03-26T11:59:58","modified_gmt":"2020-03-26T15:59:58","slug":"aetna-to-waive-cost-sharing-for-covid-19-hospitalizations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=15568","title":{"rendered":"Aetna to waive cost-sharing for COVID-19 hospitalizations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By\u00a0Morgan Haefner for <em>Becker&#8217;s Hospital Review<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>CVS Health-owned Aetna will waive copays and cost-sharing for COVID-19 inpatient hospitalizations, the insurer said\u00a0March 25.<\/p>\n<p>The decision, which will affect Aetna&#8217;s commercially insured members, aims to improve access to COVID-19 treatment by eliminating out-of-pocket expenses for patients. The move builds on measures taken by Aetna to waive cost-sharing for COVID-19-related telemedicine and testing.\u00a0 Continue reading article<a href=\"https:\/\/www.beckershospitalreview.com\/payer-issues\/aetna-to-waive-cost-sharing-for-covid-19-hospitalizations.html\"> here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/dreamstime_m_175495029coronavirus-covid-19-pandemic-virus.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-15520\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/dreamstime_m_175495029coronavirus-covid-19-pandemic-virus-300x157.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/dreamstime_m_175495029coronavirus-covid-19-pandemic-virus-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/dreamstime_m_175495029coronavirus-covid-19-pandemic-virus-768x403.jpg 768w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/dreamstime_m_175495029coronavirus-covid-19-pandemic-virus-1024x537.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/dreamstime_m_175495029coronavirus-covid-19-pandemic-virus-390x205.jpg 390w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre><strong>Notice:<\/strong> The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By\u00a0Morgan Haefner for Becker&#8217;s Hospital Review) CVS Health-owned Aetna will waive copays and cost-sharing for COVID-19 inpatient hospitalizations, the insurer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,42,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-emerging-health-issues","category-employer-healthcare","category-health-care-finance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15568"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15568\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15570,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15568\/revisions\/15570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}