Aetna Inc. now has permission from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to resume selling Medicare plans.
CMS suspended the ability of Aetna, Hartford (NYSE:AET), to sell new Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D prescription drug coverage in April 2010 because of concerns about Aetna's switch to a closed Medicare Part D "formulary," or covered drugs list, from an open formulary.
Aetna will resume marketing Medicare Advantage and drug plan products immediately, the company says. The company can enroll beneficiaries with effective dates beginning July 1.
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Allison Bell
Allison Bell, a senior reporter at ThinkAdvisor and BenefitsPRO, previously was an associate editor at National Underwriter Life & Health. She has a bachelor's degree in economics from Washington University in St. Louis and a master's degree in journalism from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. She can be reached through X at @Think_Allison.
