Aetna & South Carolina Medicaid Ranked as Fastest, Most Accurate Payers in Their Classes

OPEN MINDS On-Line News Strategic Health Care News Aetna payments to physicians are the fastest and most accurate of all national insurers in 2007; among state Medicaid programs South Carolina was ranked the best in provider payment speed and accuracy. The following national insurers held the next seven rankings for provider payment speed and accuracy: Cigna, Humana, Medicare-B, United Health Group, Wellpoint, Coventry Health Care, and Champus/Tricare. The rankings reflect seven performance areas and 58% of each insurer’s score was related to days in accounts receivable (DAR), first pass resolve rate (this measure refers to the . . .