{"id":16313,"date":"2020-06-24T09:54:39","date_gmt":"2020-06-24T13:54:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=16313"},"modified":"2020-06-24T09:54:39","modified_gmt":"2020-06-24T13:54:39","slug":"physicians-say-prior-authorization-leads-to-care-complications-but-health-plans-say-process-rooted-in-clinical-evidence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=16313","title":{"rendered":"Physicians say prior authorization leads to care complications, but health plans say process rooted in clinical evidence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By\u00a0Morgan Haefner for <em>Becker&#8217;s Hospital Review<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>Physicians say prior authorizations continue to interfere with patient care, causing treatment delays and adverse events, according to new survey data from the American Medical Association. While health plans agree the process is burdensome, they argue it adheres to clinical guidelines and is used in selective circumstances.\u00a0 Continue reading article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beckershospitalreview.com\/finance\/physicians-say-prior-authorization-leads-to-care-complications-but-health-plans-say-process-rooted-in-clinical-evidence.html\">here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/dreamstime_m_59080374health-care-reformID-59080374-\u00a9-Kritchanut-Dreamstime.com_.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13869\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/dreamstime_m_59080374health-care-reformID-59080374-\u00a9-Kritchanut-Dreamstime.com_-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/dreamstime_m_59080374health-care-reformID-59080374-\u00a9-Kritchanut-Dreamstime.com_-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/dreamstime_m_59080374health-care-reformID-59080374-\u00a9-Kritchanut-Dreamstime.com_-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/dreamstime_m_59080374health-care-reformID-59080374-\u00a9-Kritchanut-Dreamstime.com_-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre><strong>Notice:<\/strong> The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By\u00a0Morgan Haefner for Becker&#8217;s Hospital Review) Physicians say prior authorizations continue to interfere with patient care, causing treatment delays and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-care-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16313","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16313"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16313\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16314,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16313\/revisions\/16314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}