State Treasurer Brad Briner’s staff needs to send out a new RFP for a State Health Plan claims processor because the first one didn’t draw any responses that met their minimum requirements. The new RFP will go out “in the coming weeks” and the goal remains to have options for the plan’s trustees to choose […]
Aetna’s only been administering claims for the State Health Plan for a little over a year, but officials in Treasurer Brad Briner’s office are already looking aheadto perhaps replacing it. The plan’s executive administrator, Thomas Friedman, recently briefedpotential vendors about his expectations going forward. He minced no words, saying he’s not interested in listening to […]
To the surprise of few, one suspects, Duke Health and Aetna have ended their quarrel and agreed to a new contract that keeps Aetna’s patients in-network when they use Duke’s facilities and personnel. Duke announced the deal on Friday and said only that throughout the talks, it’d “remained committed to serving our patients and their […]
