Major insurers say they’ll ease up on the prior-authorization practice that can delay necessary care for patients.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today announced the rollout of a 6-year technology-enabled prior authorization program pilot. Through the Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction ...

The largest U.S. insurers agreed Monday to streamline their often cumbersome preapproval system. Here are five takeaways.

Prior authorization refers to when medical providers have to get approval from insurers before performing a service. Patients ...

Highmark is among the more than 50 health insurers who pledged Monday to speed up and slim down prior authorization, the ...

America's Health Insurance Plans said on Monday that U.S. health insurers will take additional measures to simplify their ...

About 93% of physicians reported that prior authorization delayed access to necessary care, and 82% said that the process can, at least sometimes, lead to patients abandoning treatment altogether ...

Insurers large and small from across the country have announced a series of commitments they're making to reform one of the biggest pain points in the patient journey: prior authorization.

Prior authorization means insurers require approval before they’ll cover medical care, a prescription or a service like an imaging exam. Insurers say they do this to guard against care overuse ...

Different forms and varied prior authorization policies also complicate the process. Sumrall noted that every insurer “has their own way of doing business. ...

Prior authorization means insurers require approval before they’ll cover medical care, a prescription or a service like an imaging exam. Insurers say they do this to guard against care overuse ...