Some Medicare recipients are set to experience a new “prior authorization” measure as the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) trials its much-discussed “Wasteful and Inappropriate Service ...
New Medicaid prior-authorization rules have advocates in Connecticut concerned about patients losing access to their prescription drugs.
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 ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Diane Omdahl is a Medicare expert who keeps her readers in the know. Over the last several years, prior authorization has become a ...
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 ...
(L-R) White House AI and Crypto Czar David Sacks, Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Mehmet ...
Aetna, a CVS Health company, announced its support of initiatives championed by American’s Health Insurance Plans to improve the experience of doctors and patients. Aetna said it also is committed to ...
A year ago, the fatal shooting of a health insurance executive on a Manhattan sidewalk unleashed many Americans’ pent-up frustration with insurers’ delays and denials of care. UnitedHealthcare CEO ...
There is a good reason for health insurers to occasionally require prior authorization for medical treatment. If a doctor prescribes an unusual, experimental, or expensive medication or procedure, the ...