Yarn about a letter hidden in plain sight that nevertheless cant be detected because people just arent looking for it in the right places. We see the same thing happens with this market pretty much every day now. Great bull stories passing unnoticed right in front of your eyes. Today was no different. Even as the dow dipped 16 points, s p declined 0. 16 , nasdaq actually closed up albeit fractionally. Let me give you some classic examples. When investors try to figure out why stocks should go up, they begin with the presumption that the United States is a service economy. Since twothirds of our Gross Domestic Product depends on individual spending. But heres the problem. The big time portfolio managers, they dont see any real strength in consumer spending. They dont see it with all the retail store they follow. They dont see it at the restaurants they cover. They dont see it in the home sales. They dont see it in the shopping center, shopping mall, or strip Mall Real Estate investment
Cigna removed 25% of medical services from prior authorization requirements. This represents more than 600 codes, and includes 100 surgical codes, nearly 200 genetic testing codes, durable medical equipment, orthoses and prosthetics and other services, said Dr. Scott Josephs, chief medical officer of Cigna Healthcare.
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Health insurers have come under pressure as physicians claim that the pre-authorization requirements for some procedures are restrictive and increases their paperwork. "Clinicians and health plans alike agree that more can be done to reduce the administrative burden on clinicians," said Scott Josephs, chief medical officer of Cigna Healthcare. The prior authorization, or pre-certification process, requires healthcare providers to get coverage approval for certain non-emergency procedures.
/PRNewswire/ Cigna Healthcare, the health benefits provider of The Cigna Group (NYSE: CI), announced the removal of nearly 25 percent of medical services.