The Biden administration finalized a new rule on how insurers can use prior authorization (PA), a practice aimed at reducing unnecessary treatment, but a headache for doctors and patients. The new ...

At the same time, major insurers have pledged to reduce the scope of services subject to prior authorization, improve transparency and ensure 90-day continuity of authorizations when consumers switch ...

Health insurer Humana has said it’s engaging in efforts to streamline the prior authorization process, in part by approving care requests as quickly as possible and reducing the administrative burdens ...

Patients may not notice major changes right away, as the state works with insurers and medical offices to enact them.

Expert panelists discuss bridging communication between payers and providers in the AD treatment pathway. Casey Butrus, PharmD: I know you mentioned, Amy, that prior authorizations are on every ...

The efforts are first steps to improving the prior authorization process, but more needs to be done, experts told CNN. The commitments to standardize and streamline preapprovals, as well as provide ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . CMS finalized a rule to streamline prior authorization requests and make the process more transparent. Experts ...

The nation’s major health insurers are promising to scale back and improve a widely despised practice that leads to care delays and complications. UnitedHealthcare, CVS Health's Aetna and dozens of ...

A coalition of health insurance companies is vowing to make changes to the prior authorization process, after years of patients and providers’ complaints over a system they say delays care and ...

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