An insurance company is delaying its plan to restrict the duration of time it would pay anesthetic used in operations and procedures after receiving harsh criticism from anesthesiologists. On Thursday, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield announced that it will no longer pursue the policy change.
Regarding a revision to our anesthetic policy, there has been a great deal of disinformation. We have thus chosen not to move forward with this policy change,” the business said in a statement. To be clear, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield has never denied coverage for medically essential anesthetic treatments and never will. Only the appropriateness of anesthesia in accordance with existing clinical recommendations was intended to be clarified by the proposed policy modification.
