Humana to cut prior auth requirements, introduce gold card program
(By: Jakob Emerson for Becker’s Hospital Review) Humana is accelerating its efforts to reform the prior authorization process through a series
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5 Takeaways From Health Insurers’ New Pledge To Improve Prior Authorization
(By Lauren Sausser and Phil Galewitz for KFF Health News) Nearly seven months after the fatal shooting of an insurance
Read MoreAHIP is committed to streamline, simplify and reduce prior authorization
In committing to streamlining, simplifying, and reducing prior authorizations, “health plans are making voluntary commitments to deliver a more seamless
Read More‘Not Accountable to Anyone’: As Insurers Issue Denials, Some Patients Run Out of Options
(By Lauren Sausser for KFF Health News) BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. — By the time Eric Tennant was diagnosed in 2023 with
Read MoreNebraska enacts prior authorization reform law
(By: Jakob Emerson for Becker’s Hospital Review) Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen has signed the Ensuring Transparency in Prior Authorization Act,
Read MoreCMS weighing prior authorization reforms: Report
(By: Andrew Cass for Becker’s Hospital Review) CMS is considering proposals that would cut the number of procedures that are subject
Read MoreMontana Looks To Regulate Prior Authorization as Patients, Providers Decry Obstacles to Care
(By Mike Dennison for KFF Health News) HELENA, Mont. — When Lou and Lindsay Volpe’s son was diagnosed with a
Read MoreMedicare Advantage Insurers Made Nearly 50 Million Prior Authorization Determinations in 2023
(By Jeannie Fuglesten Biniek, Nolan Sroczynski, Meredith Freed, and Tricia Neuman for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Jan 28, 2025)
Read MoreIndiana bill puts prior authorization in the crosshairs
(By Andrew Cass for Becker’s Hospital Review) An Indiana lawmaker has reintroduced legislation that would cap all prior authorization rates
Read MoreMedicare Advantage Denials Increased Before the Implementation of New Prior Authorization Rules
By Julie Carter for Medicare Rights on September 26, 2024 KFF recently analyzed Medicare Advantage (MA) data on prior authorization,
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