In healthcare, insurance companies use prior authorization (PA) to determine whether a prescribed treatment, medication, or ...

Get back to being the insurer of choice for individuals and groups. Contract for the services you need, not own them and try to manage them too. UHG would not be the first insurer who has faced ...

The current prior authorization process in U.S. healthcare constitutes a crisis, according to Jesse Ehrenfeld, immediate past ...

In 2025 alone, doctors and legislators across the country have already introduced more than 100 pieces of legislation meant to reform prior authorization. The cumbersome approval process is a ...

The survey results also suggest that changes to prior authorization made by UnitedHealthcare and Cigna in 2023 have not had much of a positive impact for physicians or patients. A minority of ...

The high-profile killing late last year of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson has focused even more attention on so-called prior authorization ... that allows Pennsylvanians to submit an online form ...

The high-profile killing late last year of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson has focused even more attention on so-called prior authorization ... to submit an online form to request a review ...

“These changes are part of ongoing efforts to reduce total UnitedHealthcare prior authorization volume. They represent the next step in our ongoing efforts to modernize the prior authorization ...

The strategy of denial of claims has gotten a lot of attention in the aftermath of the killing of UnitedHealthcare ... amount when claims are denied. Prior authorization requires providers to ...