The move, which was promised in November, is effective March 4 for most UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage and commercial plan members. Providers can view the decisions digitally immediately after ...

The temporary suspension affects facilities in UHC’s Medicare Advantage, Medicaid, individual, and group health plans and is retroactively effective December 18. UnitedHealthcare (UHC) is suspending ...

UnitedHealthcare plans to cut back on its use of prior authorization, removing procedures and medical devices from its list of services requiring signoff and reducing the number of authorizations from ...

UnitedHealthcare, the largest private payer in the U.S., plans to eliminate almost 20% of its current prior authorizations starting this summer, the company announced Wednesday. The decision, which ...

Prior authorization has been a continual source of frustration for providers, and Wednesday UnitedHealthcare, the country's largest insurer, said it will offer some relief. The payer giant will cut ...

UnitedHealthcare suspended some prior authorization requirements for in-network hospitals and in-network skilled nursing facilities, according to the insurer’s webpage on its prior authorization ...