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Aetna

British  
/ ˈɛtnə /

noun

  1. the Latin name for Mount Etna

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And Aetna, a unit of CVS Health CVS 4.08%increase; green up pointing triangle , said it has already standardized 88% of its prior authorization volume.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

Aetna was accused of submitting false patient diagnosis data for its Medicare Advantage Plan enrollees in order to get higher monthly payments from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

Between 2018 and 2023, the DOJ says, Aetna submitted or failed to withdraw erroneous codes for morbid obesity, applied to plan members whose body-mass index, or BMI, “was inconsistent” with such a diagnosis.

From Barron's • Mar. 11, 2026

The settlement covers two time periods, first in payment year 2015, when the DOJ says Aetna paid diagnosis coders to review patient medical charts.

From Barron's • Mar. 11, 2026

Empedocles is said to have died in an apotheotic fit by leaping into the hot lava at the summit caldera of the great volcano of Aetna.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan