UnitedHealthcare is launching a program next month geared toward streamlining prior authorization for qualifying providers. The UnitedHealth Group subsidiary's "gold card" program, offered across ...

UnitedHealth Group Inc. plans to cut the number of procedures and medical devices requiring prior authorization, addressing a common complaint of health providers and patients and potentially ...

UnitedHealthcare announced on Wednesday that it will reduce the use of its prior authorization process by 20% for some non-urgent surgeries and procedures. "Prior authorizations help ensure member ...

Under its prior authorization plan ... when colorectal cancer cases have been rising among younger adults in the United States. Some medical groups have also expressed worry about the “advance ...

They represent the next step in our ongoing efforts to modernize the prior authorization process and simplify the health care experience for members and health care professionals.” The families ...

“It’s different from prior authorization because there won’t be any denials as part of this, but we don’t have a lot of details.” Related: ‘Stunning’ change to United’s colonoscopy ...