‘We’re not deaf to the complaints’: Big payers moving to cut prior authorization requirements

(By Andrew Cass for Becker’s Hospital Review)

UnitedHealthcare, Aetna and Cigna are moving to trim their prior authorization programs, which providers have criticized as burdensome, The Wall Street Journal reported March 29.

Starting in the third quarter of 2023, UnitedHealthcare will remove several procedures and medical devices from its list of services requiring prior authorization, according to the report. It also said it would eliminate many prior authorization requirements for gold-card doctors and hospitals beginning next year. Continue reading here…

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