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Alabama’s biggest health insurer changing prior authorization process: What it means for customers
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama says it's reforms will provide a simpler, more efficient system for patients and doctors.
Insurance companies promise MAHA officials to make prior authorization ‘quick, painless, less expensive’
CMS Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz discusses how medical insurance companies must address ‘crisis in confidence’ among patients on ‘The Ingraham Angle.’ ...
Insurers vow to make prior authorization for treatment easier. What that means.
Major insurers say they’ll ease up on the prior-authorization practice that can delay necessary care for patients.
American insurers to optimize prior authorizations
Major American insurers announced Monday that they have agreed to speed up and smooth out the processes involved with the ...
Health Insurers Vow—Again—to Fix Prior Authorization Process. Here’s What to Know
Prior authorization refers to when medical providers have to get approval from insurers before performing a service. Patients ...
After years of complaints, health insurers vow to fix prior authorization delays
"Prior authorization is often denied because a provider has not provided all of the necessary information," Moran told ...
Health insurers move to streamline prior authorization process, promising quicker care
Some of the nation's health insurers say they're taking steps to speed the process by which doctors approve medical care.
US health chief Kennedy gets pledge from insurers on prior authorization reform
U.S. health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. met with major health insurers on Monday, extracting pledges that they will take ...
Health insurers to work on easing prior authorization requirements, AHIP says
America's Health Insurance Plans said on Monday that U.S. health insurers will take additional measures to simplify their ...
HHS promotes insurer pledge to scale back prior authorization
Federal health officials on Monday touted pledges they have received from the health insurance industry to streamline and ...
5 takeaways from health insurers’ new pledge to improve prior authorization
The largest U.S. insurers agreed Monday to streamline their often cumbersome preapproval system. Here are five takeaways.