Modern Healthcare

Major insurers to ease prior authorizations ahead of federal crackdown

UnitedHealth Group and Cigna are revamping their prior authorization processes as new federal regulations aiming to ease the burden on providers and patients loom. UnitedHealthcare will eliminate ...
CBS News

Health insurers move to streamline prior authorization process, promising quicker care

UnitedHealthcare, Kaiser Permanente and other major U.S. health insurers say they want to make it faster and easier for patients to obtain care. Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), a trade association that ...
Fierce Healthcare

KFF: A look at prior authorization trends in Medicare Advantage

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 ...
CNN

Insurers promised to ease a major patient pain point after executive’s murder. Here’s what’s happened

A year ago, the fatal shooting of a health insurance executive on a Manhattan sidewalk unleashed many Americans’ pent-up frustration with insurers’ delays and denials of care. UnitedHealthcare CEO ...
Time

Health Insurers Vow—Again—to Fix Prior Authorization Process. Here’s What to Know

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz listens to Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speak during a news conference to discuss health insurance ...
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 ...