Rep. Mark Green (R-Tenn.) reintroduced a bill Thursday seeking to nix prior authorization requirements in Medicare, Medicare ...

Prior authorization is one of the few tools to keep health care costs in check, ensuring that treatments are medically ...

Getting prior authorization for medications can be a struggle in allergy and asthma care, but creating templates and paying ...

The PBM plans to stop requiring coverage reauthorization for about 80 drugs, including Vertex’s cystic fibrosis medicines and ...

Optum Rx, the pharmacy benefit manager under UnitedHealth Group, is set to eliminate prior authorization requirements for ...

For the more than 4,500 North Dakotans who will be diagnosed with cancer in 2025, medical prior authorization can delay treatment, increase stress, and have a negative impact on their care. The Senate ...

UnitedHealth Group is taking another step to refine its prior authorization requirements as it continues to face public frustration. The healthcare giant’s insurance business, UnitedHealthcare ...

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Health insurers’ use of AI is bringing a new level of concern to the burdensome payer cost-control practice known as prior authorization. In a recently released AMA survey (PDF), 61% of physicians ...

Reducing the prior authorization burden that harms patients and frustrates physicians is an area of bipartisan agreement that Congress should tackle now. Fixing the onerous and inefficient prior ...

UnitedHealthcare is eliminating prior authorization requirements for certain home health services provided under Medicare Advantage plans as part of a larger push to cut prior authorization volume by ...