Aetna provided an update on its efforts to streamline the healthcare experience on Thursday, one year to the day after the fatal shooting of UnitedHealth’s top insurance executive sparked a wave of ...

Aetna, a CVS Health company, announced its support of initiatives championed by American’s Health Insurance Plans to improve the experience of doctors and patients. Aetna said it also is committed to ...

Major health insurance providers have agreed to reduce the need for prior authorization — the requirement that patients must get approval from insurers before receiving certain treatments or risk ...

HARTFORD, Conn., Dec. 4, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Aetna®, a CVS Health® company (NYSE: CVS), today announces key milestones in support of the company's comprehensive strategy announced in June to remove ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Bruce Japsen writes about healthcare business and policy. Holding to a health insurance industry commitment to reduce the need for ...

A six-state pilot program will target “wasteful care” under Medicare, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services says.

Top officials in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) are touting a multipronged effort from major payers to reform the oft-criticized prior authorization process. Mehmet Oz, M.D., ...

Company commits to distinctive actions that will make it easier to navigate the health care system, access care, and achieve better health Aetna already has one of the shortest lists of treatments and ...

Company commits to distinctive actions that will make it easier to navigate the health care system, access care, and achieve better health "The American health care system must work better for people, ...