AI clinical conversation platform Abridge is partnering with health information network Availity to launch a real-time prior ...
Prior authorization has long been a sticking point between payers and providers, with payers arguing that it’s necessary to control costs and ensure that care is medically necessary and providers ...
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 ...
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The Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction initiative from CMS is set to take effect Jan. 1, 2026, introducing new prior authorization requirements for select services. Here are seven things to ...
Recently, we put together a template to help medical professionals explain a confusing process. Readers gave us very pointed feedback, so we updated it. By Ron Lieber Two months ago, I shared my tale ...
Three new studies highlighted the growing burden of prior authorization on both oncologists and patients. Findings from a survey of radiation oncologists, for instance, revealed that more than 80% ...
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Therapists treating Medicaid enrollees in Colorado will have to get the state’s authorization to conduct more than 24 sessions with an individual patient in ...
A CMS pilot program that would add prior authorization for some traditional fee-for-service Medicare services has come under increased scrutiny by some members of Congress, including a call to pause ...
Prior authorization has become a hot-button issue in health care, and the National Council of Insurance Legislators will tackle the issue at its annual meeting in November. A draft of NCOIL’s Prior ...
As congressional Democrats and Republicans battle over how to avert a potential government shutdown, another issue -- reining in prior authorizations -- remains on both parties' radar screens, ...
The CMS will soon make it more difficult for providers in six states to get reimbursed in Medicare for certain medical procedures it has deemed “low value,” but some stakeholders worry it could lead ...