The Biden administration finalized a new rule on how insurers can use prior authorization (PA), a practice aimed at reducing unnecessary treatment, but a headache for doctors and patients. The new ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . CMS finalized a rule to streamline prior authorization requests and make the process more transparent. Experts ...

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Ochsner Health, Froedtert ThedaCare Health, Denver Health and Summit Health are the first to adopt the application ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, June 23, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- As part of its mission to help members access quality, affordable health care, Premera Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alaska announced today a series of ...

The nation’s major health insurers are promising to scale back and improve a widely despised practice that leads to care delays and complications. UnitedHealthcare, CVS Health's Aetna and dozens of ...

The efforts are first steps to improving the prior authorization process, but more needs to be done, experts told CNN. The commitments to standardize and streamline preapprovals, as well as provide ...

The nation’s biggest health insurance companies are poised to ease prior authorization, the process of insurers reviewing hospital admissions and medications. Details of the changes will be announced ...

CMS finalized a rule Jan. 17 aiming to streamline the prior authorization process and improve the electronic exchange of health information that it estimates will save $15 billion over 10 years. ACHP ...

WASHINGTON — Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Monday that the country’s largest health insurers have promised to take steps to streamline the often-criticized prior ...

A reproducible Prior Authorization Friction Index enables payers to identify glucagon-like peptide-1 delays and rework, reduce avoidable barriers, and monitor utilization, budgets, and equity in ...

OAKLAND, Calif., June 23, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- As part of its mission to help members access quality, affordable health care, Blue Shield of California announced today a series of improvements to the ...