AI-driven insurance decisions raise concerns about human oversight

As health insurers increasingly turn to AI, researchers explore the promise of efficiency—and the risk of amplifying existing ...
The Courier-Journal

Health insurance made me jump through hoops to get the treatment I need. It cost me my job.

My husband recently got a new job. Congratulations, right? Not when you have chronic illness. A new job means a new medical insurance plan and I have psoriatic arthritis, a potentially debilitating ...
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Experts discuss prior authorization requests from insurance, how to handle them

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - Prior authorizations are standard this time of year as insurance changes. They’re essentially a request from your insurance asking for more information before agreeing to ...
NBC New York

7 ways to fight back when your health insurance says ‘no' to prior authorization

When Sally Nix found out that her health insurance company wouldn’t pay for an expensive, doctor-recommended treatment to ease her neurological pain, she prepared for battle. It took years, a chain of ...
The Hill

Time to reform the prior authorization process of health insurance companies

Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, the prior authorization process had become the bane of doctors and patients. Physicians say that health insurers’ authorization requirements, which can delay the use ...
New York Sun

Health Insurance Companies Pledge New Efforts To Eliminate Prior Authorization Headaches

One of the biggest frustrations in getting medical care — prior authorization from insurance companies — might get easier soon. Some of America’s biggest health insurance companies are now pledging to ...
Morning Call PA

Doctors want new rules on insurance companies’ ‘prior authorization’ of patient treatment

A behind-the-scenes struggle over what Pennsylvania doctors can do to patients ? specifically, the giving of final approval for specific treatments ? entered a new phase Monday morning. Proposed ...