These health care hurdles can stand in the way of getting treatment your doctor says you need. Here's what to know about how ...

"Doctors will give paper responses" because they worry about inappropriate use of data, sa ...

Major health insurance providers have agreed to reduce the need for prior authorization — the requirement that patients must get approval from insurers before receiving certain treatments or risk ...

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 ...

A coalition of health insurance companies is vowing to make changes to the prior authorization process, after years of patients and providers’ complaints over a system they say delays care and ...

Health insurance companies across the country have agreed to streamline and simplify the prior authorization process for patients seeking certain medical treatment, according to a nationwide industry ...

Health insurance reform, including more timely access for patients, will roll out early next year, Medicaid Services Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz said Monday. Oz announced these reforms, along with ...

June 23 (UPI) --Major American insurers announced Monday that they have agreed to speed up and smooth out the processes involved with the reception and administration of health care by streamlining ...

Prior authorization requires doctors to get approval from a patient’s insurance company before they’ll cover a procedure, prescription or a service such as an imaging exam. Companies use the process ...