Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In June of this year, CMS announced that it would be launching the Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction (WISeR) Model, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Two pharmacy employees work behind the counter in a pharmacy, one on the phone and looking at a computer and the other writes on a ...

Technology hurdles, particularly lack of standardization and interoperability, often hinder the prior authorization process. Robust communication strategies can address those problems. Prior ...

A new study has found that prior authorizations for anti–vascular endothelial growth factor treatment led to a delay in patient care for most patients. Anti-VEGF treatments have been used in patients ...

Major health insurers in the U.S. pledged Monday to overhaul the prior authorization process. Prior authorization means insurers require approval before they’ll cover medical care, a prescription or a ...

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 ...

The New Mexico Office of Superintendent of Insurance urges all health insurance consumers to actively monitor the status of any prior authorization requests submitted on their behalf. Prior ...

Six months after Eric Tennant died following a protracted battle with his health insurer over doctor-recommended cancer care, ...

Have you ever walked into the pharmacy and been told that your prescription requires a prior authorization? But your healthcare professional prescribed something for you, and you brought in your ...