Have you ever walked into the pharmacy and been told that your prescription requires a prior authorization? But your healthcare professional prescribed something for you, and you brought in your ...

A new study finds that prior authorization requirements vary widely across major insurers and suggests large language models ...

Prior authorization is a major pain point for physicians—but emerging tech could help, according to new data. In a case study of new prior authorization technology from Holon Solutions, a primary care ...

UnitedHealthcare plans to eliminate prior authorization requirements for 30% of services by the end of 2026.

Every American who has ever needed surgery, a scan, or a specialist referral knows the particular dread of those three words: ...

Insurance red tape is delaying care, driving up costs and consuming hours of physicians' time — and patients are paying the price.

Reforming prior authorization processes has been on the regulatory menu for a while. Both patients and providers have argued that prior ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has extended the deadline to opt out of prior authorization and continue submitting requests to May 26, AAHomecare reports.

Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, the prior authorization process had become the bane of doctors and patients. Physicians say that health insurers’ authorization requirements, which can delay the use ...

UnitedHealthcare is taking a big step to make healthcare access easier.