Cigna is the latest health insurer to roll back prior authorization requirements, announcing Thursday that it will no longer require the approvals for nearly 25% of medical services. Cigna plans to ...

Cigna is eliminating prior authorization requirements from 600 diagnostic codes in a bid to streamline the experience for both members and providers. The 600 codes represent nearly 25% of those that ...

Some health insurance companies are rethinking prior authorization amid a groundswell of complaints from patients and providers and intensifying government scrutiny. According to providers, health ...

Prior authorization denials in Medicare Advantage (MA) jumped between 2021 and 2022, according to a new analysis from KFF. Researchers dived into data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Diane Omdahl is a Medicare expert who keeps her readers in the know. Over the last several years, prior authorization has become a ...