WSJ's Shira Ovide and Jonathan Rockoff discuss Express Scripts' $29.1 billion deal to acquire fellow pharmacy-benefit manager ...

Technology hurdles, particularly lack of standardization and interoperability, often hinder the prior authorization process. Robust communication strategies can address those problems.

Rep. Dr. Greg Murphy (R-N.C.) hopes his personal ordeal with prior authorizations will help inspire Congress to act.

By simply entering an order for a procedure into an electronic health record (EHR), AHN can now receive prior authorization from payers without any other human intervention, thanks to Humata’s ...

In the case of the other family, a U.S. citizen child suffering from a rare form of metastatic cancer was deported without medication or the ability to consult with their treating physicians–despite ...

BISMARCK, N.D. (KFYR) - The governor signed a bill on Wednesday that changes laws around prior authorization. Prior authorization is a process where your insurance company approves or denies ...

The Ohio Association of Health Plans disagrees with prior authorization criticisms but agrees in principle about the importance of the doctor-patient relationship. Joanna Escobar was in and out of ...

“This bill actually starts to move the needle when it comes to prior authorization requests,” Klimesh says. “All too often myself and all my colleagues in this chamber hear from our local ...