Aetna Ranked Number One In Paying Doctors On Time

In a recent article released by the Wall Street Journal, a study done by Aetnahealth, Aetna was the fastest insurer to pay doctors back for claims. The other fastest insurance companies were Humana at 30 days, Cigna at 33 days, Medicare-B and UnitedHealth at 35 days.

Other factors associated with ranking the fastest health care company were how long it took to pay their bills, percentage of claims solved after one submission and the rate of claim denials.

Other reasons Aetna was ranked at the top were 96% of their claims were solved after the first submission, and they also had the lowest denial rate at 10.6%.