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 ...

New requirements will require patients on a United commercial plan to ... as well as within each healthcare provider’s practice, because now we need people to fill out these prior authorization forms, ...

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 ...

“A pause in the June 1 launch of UHC’s prior authorization policy requires the GI societies to publicly support this alternative proposal by early next week. Our patients’ health is at stake ...

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 ...

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 ...