Maureen OeschDec 28, 2024
ProPublica

Our seventh most-read story of this year: When companies like #Aetna or #UnitedHealthcare want to rein in costs, they turn to EviCore, whose business model depends on turning down payments for care recommended by doctors for their patients.

Read more (published Oct.): https://propub.li/3Dtvr24

#News #Journalism #Health #Insurance #Healthcare

“Not Medically Necessary”: Inside the Company Helping America’s Biggest Health Insurers Deny Coverage for Care

When companies like Aetna or UnitedHealthcare want to rein in costs, they turn to EviCore, whose business model depends on turning down payments for care recommended by doctors for their patients.

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Dec 28, 2024 at 10:00pmWeb
Show threadunicorndeburghDec 28, 2024

@ProPublica Whenever I get an envelope from EviCore telling me if the medical care my doctor says I need will be covered by Cigna or not, I misread the return address as EvilCorp.

Bastards put me through 5 weeks of waiting for an MRI to see if I had cancer (I didn't) when the local hospital could have scheduled me in for an MRI within a few days.

Show threadDec 28, 2024

> we have determined..

As if they're an authority on anything

@ProPublica

Show threadPetesmom *has moved*Dec 28, 2024
@ProPublica Is that contractor’s name missing an L because if its not they should really change their name.
Show threadKevin RussellDec 28, 2024

@ProPublica

Evicore, the killer corporation who has taken more lives than John Wick.

Why is the l missing from the name, because employees are nor allowed to talk about the head office.

#Evilcore

#ell

Show threadGuillotine Jones, FlâneurDec 29, 2024
@ProPublica
Mr Michael Moore's fury-inducing documentary, "Sicko," about the failings of healthcare in the Untied Snakes is currently available for free on YouTube.
Use your favorite search utility to find a link, and your favorite method to view it untracked and without commercial interruption. Duck Duck Go addon works very well for this purpose.
Show threadLuna chanDec 29, 2024
@ProPublica What an evil and unneccary company.
Show threadColin from Edinburgh.Dec 29, 2024

@ProPublica

If your claim is *not* rejected:

USA:

Lowest rating for Positive Healthcare Outcomes in the developed world.
It has never been in the top ten.
It has the highest infant mortality.
It has the lowest and still declining life expectancy; rated 47th in the world.
Medical debt and medical bankruptcy simply do not exist in other developed nations.
In the US, medical debt accounted for 65% of all personal bankruptcies in 2023.

Show threadRicoDec 29, 2024
@ProPublica Maximize profit for the real beneficiaries: the majority stockholders.
Show threadAndreas KDec 29, 2024

@ProPublica

"by very happy coincidence, we’re also decreasing a significant amount of unnecessary cost"

"Bond villain style laughing"

Welcome to by "cloud backup service". We improve cost-effectiveness with our trade - secret compression algorithm, in the premium layer, we guarantee a 100% compression ratio, even for random noise, isn't that great, you don't need to pay for cloud storage at all. Restore functionality has been left as an exercise for the customer.