Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jesse Pines is an expert in healthcare innovation and wellness. Health insurer prior authorization has increased considerably in ...

The New Mexico Office of Superintendent of Insurance urges all health insurance consumers to actively monitor the status of any prior authorization requests submitted on their behalf. Prior ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Prior authorization: For patients and doctors, insurance can be an unfair game A man with leukemia wrestles with his insurance ...

A lot has been said about the outpouring of social media posts in the wake of the killing of insurance company CEO Brian Thompson earlier this month, with many of the posts describing horror stories ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services aims to overhaul health insurance prior authorizations under a proposed rule published Tuesday. The regulation would require Medicare Advantage, Medicaid ...

Massachusetts insurance regulators unveiled sweeping prior authorization reforms that would scrap pre-approval requirements for "many routine and essential" health care services, Gov. Maura Healey ...

In a landmark move, U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has announced a sweeping initiative to end the burdensome practice of insurance pre-authorization that has long frustrated patients and ...

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BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. — By the time Eric Tennant was diagnosed in 2023 with a rare cancer of the bile ducts, the disease had spread to his bones. He weighed 97 pounds and wasn’t expected to survive a year ...

State lawmakers want to crack down on an insurance practice that requires people to wait for approval for medical treatments. The practice is known as "prior authorization." Patients often have to ...

AI is increasingly being used by health insurers to automate a host of functions, including processing prior authorization requests. There is a growing need for additional mechanisms for ...

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with American Medical Association President Bruce Scott about how physicians and patients are burdened by insurance companies' systems of prior authorization. A lot has been ...