The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has implemented prior authorization requirements for certain traditional ...

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Major health insurers in the U.S. pledged Monday to overhaul the prior authorization process. Prior authorization means insurers require approval before they’ll cover medical care, a prescription or a ...

For many physician practices -- especially those working with health maintenance organizations (HMOs) -- obtaining pre-authorization to perform certain treatments or procedures is a necessary evil: ...

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 ...

I mean, we have patients to see, folks! No one, and I mean no one, has time for that. Well, some good news for all of you in the industry secondary to part of the Biden-Harris administration’s ongoing ...

BOSTON (SHNS) – State insurance regulators unveiled sweeping prior authorization reforms that would scrap pre-approval ...

Medicare Advantage (MA) insurers that impose prior authorization requirements on doctors in accountable care organizations (ACOs) should have to get them pre-approved by CMS, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse ...

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The policies include advocating for increased legal accountability for payers when prior authorization harms patients, according to a June 11 AMA news release shared with Becker’s. The AMA will also ...