CNN

Insurance requirements for prior authorization may prompt ‘devastating’ delays

When Paula Chestnut needed hip replacement surgery last year, a pre-operative X-ray found irregularities in her chest. As a smoker for 40 years, Chestnut was at high risk for lung cancer. A specialist ...
The American Journal of Managed Care

Insurance Authorization Considerations Associated With Rett Syndrome Treatment

Considerations for insurance preauthorization and reauthorization are explored by a key opinion leader. Paige Nues: Many families are learning new language, such as Medicaid and the waiver system, and ...
Insurancenewsnet.com

Superintendent of Insurance urges consumers to understand role in prior authorization process

The New Mexico Office of Superintendent of Insurance urges all health insurance consumers to actively monitor the status of any prior authorization requests submitted on their behalf. Prior ...
Yahoo

For patients and doctors, insurance prior authorization can be a dangerous game | Opinion

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Prior authorization: For patients and doctors, insurance can be an unfair game A man with leukemia wrestles with his insurance ...
KY3

Experts discuss prior authorization requests from insurance, how to handle them

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 ...
The Washington Post

Insurers vow to make prior authorization for treatment easier. What that means.

Several dozen insurers — including insurance giants UnitedHealthcare, Elevance, Aetna, Cigna and Kaiser Permanente — announced Monday that they will make “prior authorization,” a practice that many ...
MM&M

To avoid care disruptions, know when the clock runs out on your prior authorization

A woman with multiple sclerosis wanted to be able to walk up the stairs at home without losing her balance. Her doctor prescribed medicine that helped, but then approval from her insurance plan for ...
Modern Healthcare

CMS proposes streamlining, automating prior authorizations

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 ...
Insurancenewsnet.com

Reform or ban? Prior authorization for health insurance is under negotiation in NC

Many people, at one time or another, have needed to get approval from their insurance company before receiving certain treatments, medications, or procedures to ensure they’re covered. Prior ...
CNN

States target health insurers’ ‘prior authorization’ red tape

Christopher Marks noticed an immediate improvement when his doctor prescribed him the Type 2 diabetes medication Mounjaro last year. The 40-year-old truck driver from Kansas City, Missouri, said his ...

'Delay and deny' insurance practices hinder health care, CT patients, doctors say

When Matt Conway tore his bicep delivering a table recently, there were numerous barriers to getting it fixed. First, “a month of navigating structural insurance blockades,” then just 15 minutes for ...
Yahoo

Humana to reduce about one-third of prior authorization requirements

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A screen displays the logo and trading information for Humana on the floor of the NYSE in New York (Reuters) -Humana said on ...