UnitedHealthcare pares back prior authorizations and speeds payments for 1,500 rural hospitals, expanding nationwide by fall 2024.

SamaCare, the leading platform for medical benefit prior authorization, today announced the release of its Medical Benefit ...

Early hospital data highlighted on Capitol Hill suggest that Medicare patients are waiting substantially longer to receive ...

UnitedHealthcare, the nation's largest health insurer, will exempt rural physicians and hospitals from “prior authorization ...

CMS Deputy Administrator and Director of Medicare Chris Klomp and Deputy Administrator and Chief of Staff Stephanie Carlton talked with AHA Board Chair Marc Boom, M.D., president and CEO, Houston ...

Last summer, major payers committed to pare back onerous prior authorization policies, to the skepticism of providers. Now, AHIP and the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association are providing an update on ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has proposed expanding its electronic prior authorization interoperability framework to include drugs, building on earlier rules for medical items and ...

UnitedHealthcare will exempt some rural medical providers from most medical prior authorization requirements as part of a push to lower costs and improve care in rural areas. The health insurance ...

Minn., chairwoman of the Senate Democratic Steering and Policy Committee, spoke on the need for Congress to address reductions in federal funding from the budget reconciliation bill passed in July ...

Doctors describe prior authorization as a time‑consuming, opaque process that disrupts care and burdens providers. CoverMyMeds has introduced an integrated platform combining benefits investigation, ...

About 99% of people in Medicare Advantage must get prior authorization for at least some services, typically high-cost ones ...