To control costs, nearly all health insurers use a system called prior authorization, which requires patients or their ...

The Department of Health and Human Services today announced prescription drug reforms that will become effective Oct.

How will the prior authorization rule change the appeals process? The rule does not specify how fast carriers need to review provider's or patient's prior authorization appeals.

UnitedHealthcare is reducing prior authorization requirements with new initiatives to ease administrative tasks and other challenges.

Prior authorization requirements have been criticized for creating red tape, delaying care and denying services that should have been covered.

If you’ve ever been a patient waiting—days, sometimes more than a week—for treatment approval, or a clinician stuck chasing it, you know what prior authorization feels like. Patients sit in ...

Some states have already passed laws to speed up the prior authorization process, and more should follow suit. Conclusion Prior authorization may have been created with the intention of controlling ...

Prior authorization is the process through which a doctor seeks approval from a person's health insurance plan before ordering a specific medication or medical service.

If you’ve ever been a patient waiting—days, sometimes more than a week—for treatment approval, or a clinician stuck chasing it, you know what prior authorization feels like. Patients sit in ...

According to the American Journal of Public Health, medical bankruptcy in the United States is still one of the common causes ...

If you’ve ever been a patient waiting—days, sometimes more than a week—for treatment approval, or a clinician stuck chasing it, you know what prior authorization feels like. Patients sit in ...