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Aetna to No Longer Cover Routine Morcellator Procedures

Aetna will no longer cover power morcellator proceduresAccording to Nasdaq, the American health insurance company Aetna, Inc., will no longer cover routine procedures involving laparoscopic power morcellators. Aetna provides the nation’s third largest health care plan, with roughly 23 million members, and its decision not to cover routine morcellator operations will likely have a large impact on manufacturers of the device.

Power morcellators are a medical instrument used in minimally invasive, or ...

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