Massachusetts regulators would eliminate many prior authorization rules, speed urgent approvals and form a working group to ...

Nearly seven months after the fatal shooting of an insurance CEO in New York drew widespread attention to health insurers’ practice of denying or delaying doctor-ordered care, the largest U.S.

Under new state regulations, doctors will no longer need to seek pre-approval from a patient’s health insurer before providing care in “a whole bunch of situations,” Healey said.

CVS Health outlined its efforts to decrease prior authorizations, reduce hospital readmissions and emergency room visits and ...

There is a good reason for health insurers to occasionally require prior authorization for medical treatment. If a doctor ...

Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle pressed health insurance CEOs on premium hikes, prior authorization rules and claim ...

Insurance Commissioner Vicki Schmidt told Kansas lawmakers the prior authorization process is broken, but indicated lobbyists will oppose legislation.

Massachusetts insurance regulators unveiled sweeping prior authorization reforms that would scrap pre-approval requirements for "many routine and essential" health care services, Gov. Maura Healey ...

BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. — By the time Eric Tennant was diagnosed in 2023 with a rare cancer of the bile ducts, the disease had spread to his bones. He weighed 97 pounds and wasn’t expected to survive a year ...