No Escape From Aetna....

On March 13th, I wrote a post: "To Aetna: I am NOT in Your Network about how I was trying to reach Aetna to clarify that I am not a psychiatrist in their network.  I wanted this clarified because I was getting so many calls from people asking to see me because I am listed on Aetna's website.  I called and called again, but the voicemail prompts left me with no where to go.  When I reached a live person, I was told that Network Services would contact me within 48 hours.  That never happened.  I wrote in through their website.  Nothing.  And finally, I contacted the Maryland Insurance Commission, who contacted Aetna, and  a real live, very helpful person at Aetna did in fact call me.  So I spoke to the real live person at Aetna who had a name and an direct line phone number.  Why did they think I was in their network?  People have to apply for this, and I had no memory of filling out paperwork.  The real live person, whom I fist spoke with on March 23rd, clarified that I had been an Aetna provider through two clinics where I had once worked.  These are different from my private practice, and participation is based on the billing address.   So I was registered as a provider at an outpatient clinic that I left in 1998, and at another clinic that I left in 2013.  Hmmm, so why did they have me registered at my private office?  Well, apparently last May they received a claim form for out-of-net...
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