Christopher Marks noticed an immediate improvement when his doctor prescribed him the Type 2 diabetes medication Mounjaro last year. The 40-year-old truck driver from Kansas City, Missouri, said his ...

In a recent survey, 84% of providers reported the number of medical services that require prior authorization has increased. And 62% of providers reported that they do not have the technology to ...

Kentucky House Bill 423, aimed at streamlining prior authorizations for health care, stalled in the Senate despite broad support and no public opposition. Prior authorizations create unnecessary ...

Prior authorizations create substantial administrative and financial burdens on physicians and patients and can disrupt the continuity of care. This commentary discusses the current prior ...

Between one-off charges, administrative fees, and office visit copays, some are trying ...

UnitedHealth Group and Cigna are revamping their prior authorization processes as new federal regulations aiming to ease the burden on providers and patients loom. UnitedHealthcare will eliminate ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Our health care system is broken on multiple levels. As a medical community, we somehow seem to be hastening its ...

It’s 2 am. A patient is wheeled into the emergency department. The paramedic slams down the EKG – “it’s a rule-out STEMI.” The patient is rolled past triage and into an acute treatment room. The ...

The nation’s major health insurers are promising to scale back and improve a widely despised practice that leads to care delays and complications. UnitedHealthcare, CVS Health’s Aetna and dozens of ...

Prior authorization is the most burdensome regulatory issue facing medical groups, with 89% saying it is very or extremely burdensome, according to a Nov. 13 report from the Medical Group Management ...

Prior authorizations required by many insurance companies can keep patients from getting the medical supplies they need, according to NPR. Ric Peralta, a patient with Type 1 diabetes, told NPR of a ...

TUCSON, Ariz. and TEL AVIV, Israel, Nov. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Serenus.AI and HealthTrio are continuing an established partnership to launch an AI-based module to streamline and automate medical ...