The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has implemented prior authorization requirements for certain traditional ...
Effective Jan. 1, the Trump administration will, for the first time in the 60-year history of Medicare, implement a pilot project in six states (with Ohio being one of them) that will use private, for ...
Prior authorization has long been a sticking point between payers and providers, with payers arguing that it’s necessary to control costs and ensure that care is medically necessary and providers ...
-- Aetna provided an update on its efforts to streamline the healthcare experience on Thursday, one year to the day after the fatal shooting of UnitedHealth’s top insurance executive sparked a wave of ...
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 ...
Prior authorization (PA) is a utilization management technique used by health insurers that requires providers to seek approval from the insurance plan before the plan will agree to pay for a covered ...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has selected the six technology companies that will administer artificial intelligence-powered prior authorization programs for Medicare, STAT has ...
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The lawmakers argue the CMS innovation center model, which will implement AI-backed prior authorization for some services in six states, will add red tape and limit access to care. The bill, called ...
Prior authorization is a barrier to accessing medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD). Although private insurance covered about one-third of patients with OUD in 2023, the understanding of prior ...
The American Hospital Association is urging CMS to delay its Medicare prior authorization pilot — the Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction initiative — by at least six months. “This timeframe ...
Recently, we put together a template to help medical professionals explain a confusing process. Readers gave us very pointed feedback, so we updated it. By Ron Lieber Two months ago, I shared my tale ...