Connecticut
Anthem backtracks on anesthesiology cap policy in CT
HARTFORD, CT (WFSB) – An unpopular move to cap anesthesiology coverage by Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield drew criticism from patients and state officials.
However, Connecticut’s comptroller announced on Thursday that anesthesiology would be covered by Anthem in the state.
Comptroller Sean Scanlon said that following conversations with Anthem, the provider for the state employee health plan and many others throughout Connecticut, Anthem will no longer be implementing the policy to limit coverage of anesthesiology.
“After hearing from people across the state about this concerning policy, my office reached out to Anthem, and I’m pleased to share this policy will no longer be going into effect here in Connecticut,” Scanlon said.
Connecticut Attorney General William Tong said he heard from people in the state about their concerns and posted about it on social media.
“Hearing from a lot of you about this decision by Anthem to cap anesthesia coverage,” Tong posted. “This doesn’t add up. Are doctors supposed to wake patients up in the middle of surgery to haggle over insurance reimbursement?”
Tong said he too reached out Anthem.
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A man has died after a motorcycle crash in New Haven on Saturday afternoon.
Police said the crash happened on Chapel Street around 4 p.m. and a 43-year-old man has died. His identity has not yet been released.
Chapel Street is closed between State Street and Olive Street while police investigate. The crash reconstruction unit has also been called to the crash. There is no estimate for the duration of the closure.
The other vehicle involved in the crash reportedly stayed at the scene.
The investigation is active and ongoing.
A backdoor cold front is set to move across Connecticut today from northeast to southwest.
Temperatures should be able to warm well into the 70s in Fairfield County, but the Northeast Hills will only top out in the lower 50s.
We’ll cool through the afternoon from northeast to southwest, but we’ll all be in the 40s this evening as rain chances return.
Temperatures will drop into the 30s and lower 40s overnight with scattered rain showers and the chance for fog to develop into Sunday morning.
Sunday will be cooler and cloudier for all of the state with highs near 50 degrees.
Monday should warm back into the 60s with more rain chances to end March.
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