Wash., found procedures in the state that were previously approved in two weeks now take four to eight weeks to be authorized ...

Major health insurers are advancing efforts to standardize prior authorization requirements as part of an effort to simplify ...

The approach will be used for medical services that are commonly subject to prior authorization, such as orthopedic surgeries ...

UnitedHealthcare and Aetna detailed progress toward industry commitments aimed at reducing administrative burdens and ...

Prior authorization has become one of the clearest points where administrative complexity directly affects patient care. For ...

U.S. health insurers are accelerating efforts to streamline prior authorization requirements, with UnitedHealthcare and Aetna on Friday detailing progress toward industry commitments aimed at reducing ...

Major health insurers say they have cut prior authorizations, but the AMA says physicians report that the burden of prior ...

With CMS expanding its infrastructure for pre-payment review in traditional Medicare, here are five things practice leaders ...

Roughly 50 insurers signed an AHIP (formerly America’s Health Insurance Plans) and Blue Cross Blue Shield Association commitment to standardize electronic prior authorization across most medical ...

UnitedHealthcare today announced more than half of its prior authorization volume will be included in an industrywide effort to standardize submission requirements for electronic prior authorization, ...

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

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