( NewsNation) — HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he is “cautiously confident” that health insurers in the U.S. will ...

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

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced Monday that major health insurers have promised to make it easier for people to ...

Optum contributes ~43% of UnitedHealth’s operating income, with Optum Rx achieving 14% topline ... UnitedHealth’s decision to remove prior authorizations for 80 drugs may improve member ...

Given these alarming statistics, the End Burnout Group (EBG), a multi-disciplinary group of clinicians and informaticists which we lead, identified prior authorization as a leading root cause of ...

Prior authorization specialists spend hours chasing down documentation, submitting forms and checking for updates. Billing teams reconcile denials long after the fact for consultative care ...

WINTER PARK, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Humata Health, the leader in delivering AI-powered touchless prior authorizations, today announced that Allegheny Health Network (AHN) is the first health ...

Optum Rx will remove prior authorizations on 80 drugs accounting ... we expect a return to form in the quarters ahead. With that, I'll hand it back to Andrew. Andrew Witty : Thanks, John.

“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 ...

The company's Optum Rx unit said Thursday the change will ... cut are equal to more than 10% of all so-called pharmacy prior authorizations, or the process by which doctors and patients seek ...

on these initial products accounts for about 10% of total prior authorization requests for the PBM. “Optum Rx is taking meaningful steps to simplify patient experiences and increase access to cr ...

Optum Rx is moving to eliminate prior authorizations on dozens of drugs, the UnitedHealth-owned pharmacy benefit manager said Wednesday, paring back a key pain point for physicians and patients at ...