Dentists, Aetna settle lawsuit.The American Dental Association American Dental Association (ADA), n.pr a nonprofit professional association whose membership is dental professionals in the United States. Its purpose is to assist its members in providing the highest professional and ethical care to the citizens of the has agreed to end a national class-action lawsuit lawsuit: see procedure; tort. against Aetna Inc. in a $5 million settlement in which the insurer has agreed to pay claims more quickly and communicate more effectively with dentists Dentists can refer to one of the following:
In addition, Aetna, which has 11.3 million dental members, said it would improve communication and collaboration with dentists and would make the payment of dental claims less complex. As a result, dentists should be able to operate more efficiently and serve their customers more effectively, Aetna said. Aetna has agreed to the following: establish a dental advisory committee to give Aetna advice on dentists' concerns; commit to timely processing of "clean" claims, including paying electronic claims within 15 days and paper claims within 30 days; reduce claims resubmissions; disclose their claims-editing policies and practices; and increase dentists' ability to connect electronically with Aetna, including direct Web-enabled access to its systems to verify (1) To prove the correctness of data. (2) In data entry operations, to compare the keystrokes of a second operator with the data entered by the first operator to ensure that the data were typed in accurately. See validate. reimbursement Reimbursement Payment made to someone for out-of-pocket expenses has incurred. information and track claims. |
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