The idea behind it seems reasonable: Insurers want to ensure treatments are medically necessary before they pay for them. But ...
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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A new bill from Democratic lawmakers seeks to repeal a controversial bill from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services that would put artificial intelligence at the forefront of medical ...
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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 ...
The American Hospital Association is urging CMS to delay its Medicare prior authorization pilot — the Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction initiative — by at least six months. “This timeframe ...
A breast cancer diagnosis should trigger immediate action. But for many patients, the journey to treatment begins with delays, often caused by outdated prior authorization (PA) processes. Designed to ...
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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 ...
The program, called WISeR, aims to reduce wasteful spending and fraud in the Medicare system. Doctors and Democrats have raised concerns that the pre-approval process could delay or deny necessary ...