Last summer, major payers committed to pare back onerous prior authorization policies, to the skepticism of providers. Now, ...

Last summer, the insurance industry broadly agreed to reform a major healthcare pain point: prior authorization. | Last ...

A sign points visitors toward the financial services department at a hospital. Contributor Brian Rezel Carr writes that an insurance practice called prior authorization leads to worse patient outcomes ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services aims to overhaul health insurance prior authorizations under a proposed rule published Tuesday. The regulation would require Medicare Advantage, Medicaid ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - Prior authorizations are standard this time of year as insurance changes. They’re essentially a request from your insurance asking for more information before agreeing to ...

Major health insurance providers have agreed to reduce the need for prior authorization — the requirement that patients must get approval from insurers before receiving certain treatments or risk ...

InvestigateTV also contacted a healthcare information educator in Louisiana, Jacqueline Jones, who replicated a portion of the team’s research. Jones looked at sub-set of tests and procedures and the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jesse Pines is an expert in healthcare innovation and wellness. Health insurer prior authorization has increased considerably in ...

BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. — By the time Eric Tennant was diagnosed in 2023 with a rare cancer of the bile ducts, the disease had spread to his bones. He weighed 97 pounds and wasn’t expected to survive a year ...

Doctors are cheering the new federal rule announced Wednesday which will speed up health insurance company decisions on whether to authorize or deny medical care or treatments for millions of patients ...

Six months after Eric Tennant died following a protracted battle with his health insurer over doctor-recommended cancer care, ...