NBC DFW

Health insurers promise changes to prior authorization process. What to know

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 ...
JD Supra

Health Plans’ Commitment to Prior Authorization Improvements: What’s New Versus What’s Already Required

Health plan members of AHIP and the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association made news earlier this week when they announced a series of steps that a broad swath of health insurers will take to improve ...
KVIA

Health insurers promise to simplify care preapproval process

(CNN) — Months after the killing of a top health insurance executive unleashed Americans’ pent-up anger over denials of medical care, the industry announced Monday that it will take action to ...
valuepenguin

Prior Authorization Can Slow Down Treatment — But You Can Fight Back

Few readers would be surprised to read that Americans are dissatisfied with their health care coverage — an outrage that the December 2024 assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson arguably ...
New Hampshire Union Leader

Maria Boylan: 'Prior authorization' reform helps patients, doctors alike

WE’VE ALL been there — you pay a visit to your doctor’s office where you raise a new symptom you’re experiencing or a health concern, your provider recommends lab work, imaging, or a consultation with ...