Major insurers say they’ll ease up on the prior-authorization practice that can delay necessary care for patients.

Major American insurers announced Monday that they have agreed to speed up and smooth out the processes involved with the ...

“We all know that requiring prior authorizations really only leads to more bureaucracy within the insurance company, as well as within each healthcare provider’s practice, because now we need people ...

The announcement on prior authorization comes months after the killing of UnitedHealthcare executive Brian Thompson, which ...

We all know that requiring prior authorizations really only leads to more bureaucracy within the insurance company, as well as within each healthcare provider’s practice, because now we need people to ...

The Department of Health and Human Services June 23 announced an initiative coordinated with multiple health insurance ...

U.S. health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. met with major health insurers on Monday, extracting pledges that they will take ...

Doctors who do not provide the advance notification will be disqualified from United’s “gold card” program, a status that allows doctors to bypass all prior authorizations. “It was ...

Doctors say delays from requests that are eventually approved or coverage rejections can harm patients by giving a disease ...

UnitedHealth Group and Cigna are revamping their prior authorization processes as new federal regulations aiming to ease the burden on providers and patients loom. UnitedHealthcare will eliminate ...

Prior authorization has been a continual source of frustration for providers, and Wednesday UnitedHealthcare, the country's largest insurer, said it will offer some relief. The payer giant will ...

United Healthcare, the largest health insurer in Colorado, will require prior authorization for most digestive procedures using a scope, though not for colonoscopies meant to screen for cancer.