Between one-off charges, administrative fees, and office visit copays, some are trying ...

A man with leukemia wrestles with his insurance company for access to medications to manage his excruciating pain. An oncologist is forced to delay needed treatments while arguing for health insurance ...

"Requiring prior authorization ... is the practice of medicine," said Rep. Neal Dunn, MD ...

Why do I need a prior authorization for something that I am already prior-authorized to take? If my doctor says that they want me on a medication, why does my insurance have another say in that?” — ...

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 ...

The Connecticut State Medical Society is taking aim at the health insurance industry's practice of prior authorization this legislative session. Prior authorization, also known as "precertification" ...

For patients with heart failure, prior authorization is associated with reduced and delayed filling of prescriptions for ARNIs and SGLT2is.

Some of the nation’s largest insurance providers are pledging to make major reforms to the prior authorization process, a practice requiring insurance company sign-off for certain treatments that ...

Here are four things to know. 1. Providers may use the prior authorization solution to confirm if medical procedures require preauthorization, according to a news release. 2. TransUnion Healthcare ...

Orthopedic surgeon calls removal of prior auth red tape to reduce surgery delays and cancellations caused by insurance hurdles in Dallas.

Nearly seven months after the fatal shooting of an insurance CEO in New York drew widespread attention to health insurers’ practice of denying or delaying doctor-ordered care, the largest U.S.

Sheldon Ekirch spends a lot of time on hold with her health insurance company. Sometimes, as the minutes tick by and her frustration mounts, Ekirch, 30, opens a meditation app on her phone. It was ...