Two Triad N.C. House Republicans plan to reintroduce legislation that would reform how North Carolinians are affected by health insurers' prior authorization policies for treatments, medications and ...

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 ...

Real-time prior auth checks with United Healthcare, Network Health, Aetna, and other health insurers are being done through ...

Four health systems are now using real-time prior authorization checks embedded in the Epic electronic health record, tackling a major pain point for providers. | UnitedHealthcare, Network Health and ...

Nearly seven months after the fatal shooting of an insurance CEO in New York drew widespread attention to health insurers’ practice of denying or delaying doctor-ordered care, the largest U.S.

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 Connecticut State Medical Society is taking aim at the health insurance industry's practice of prior authorization this legislative session. Prior authorization, also known as "precertification" ...

June 23 (UPI) --Major American insurers announced Monday that they have agreed to speed up and smooth out the processes involved with the reception and administration of health care by streamlining ...

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Denials ranged from 2% to 25% among insurers last year, according to a KFF analysis of new prior authorization data that the CMS forced insurers to release.

A man with leukemia wrestles with his insurance company for access to medications to manage his excruciating pain. An oncologist is forced to delay needed treatments while arguing for health insurance ...