Insurance Giant is Over Two Years in Arrears to Rural Healthcare Provider
{Reprint Wichita Falls Times-Record News}
By Deanna Watson,
Wichita Falls Times Record News
June 6, 2020
Nearly two months ago, the Knox County Hospital District sought help from the Texas Department of Insurance in getting $12 million in alleged unpaid claims from Aetna U.S. Healthcare, a fight the hospital says goes back nearly two years.
Knox County Hospital, about 90 miles south west of Wichita Falls, filed a complaint with TDI in March, according to a release the hospital district dated April 7, 2020, to compel Aetna to pay more than $12 million in unpaid claims dating back to June 2018.
The plea to the TDI has not resulted in a resolution, the hospital district stated, and now representatives formally urged legislators, including North Texas Rep. James Frank, to step in. (Read full story here.)
