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Aetna is an American managed health care company that sells various insurance and related services, and is a subsidiary of CVS Health. Founded in 1853 as a fire insurance company, Aetna has expanded its business to include life, accident, health, dental, pharmacy, and disability plans.
CPT code set is a procedural code set developed by the American Medical Association for medical, surgical, and diagnostic services. It has three types of codes: Category I, Category II, and Category III, and is used for administrative, financial, and analytical purposes.
Exagamglogene autotemcel is a gene therapy for sickle cell disease and beta thalassemia, developed by Vertex Pharmaceuticals and CRISPR Therapeutics. It is the first CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing therapy approved by the US FDA and the UK MHRA.
Lyfgenia is a brand name for lovotibeglogene autotemcel, a lentiviral gene therapy that modifies blood stem cells to produce a hemoglobin variant that reduces sickling. The FDA approved Lyfgenia in December 2023 for people with sickle cell disease and a history of vaso-occlusive events.
ICD-10-PCS is a US-developed standard that replaces Volume 3 of ICD-9-CM. It consists of seven alphanumeric characters that code different types of medical and surgical procedures by body system, root operation, body part, approach, and qualifier.
Sotatercept, sold under the brand name Winrevair is a medication used for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension. [1] It is an activin signaling inhibitor, [1] based on the extracellular domain of the activin type 2 receptor expressed as a recombinant fusion protein with immunoglobulin Fc domain (ACTRIIA-Fc). [4]
Hackensack Meridian Health, locked in a contract dispute with Aetna, has sent letters to the insurer's customers warning them that they may lose in-network coverage if the two sides can't reach a ...
TIF is an endoscope treatment for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) that wraps a portion of the stomach around the esophagus. Learn about the benefits, complications, history and alternatives of this procedure.