Prior authorization forces doctors to spend 13 hours a week fighting insurers. New federal rules are changing that. Here's what you need to know.

Six states are part of a pilot program by CMS to reduce “waste, fraud and abuse.” ...

Prior authorizations, one of health insurers’ many “utilization management” techniques, is a hot topic amongst practicing physicians, patients, and regulators, to name a few. The prior-authorization ...

Each prior auth transaction costs practices between $20 and $30 ...

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ORLANDO -- The healthcare industry hasn't eliminated the hassles for providers that prior authorization often entails, but they're getting closer, several speakers said here at Healthcare Information ...

UnitedHealthcare, an insurer of 45 million patients worldwide, has announced changes to its prior authorization requirements for gastroenterology care, set to take effect June 1. New requirements will ...

Thirty-four percent of physicians reported that delays in processing a prior authorization led to a serious adverse event for a patient in their care, according to a recent survey from the American ...

In an effort to reduce the number of different prior authorization forms with which providers must contend, the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) has adopted a single, standard form for requesting ...