Legislation focused on prior authorization reforms is headed to the governor after Senate lawmakers approved changes to the ...

The Iowa legislature has unanimously voted to set deadlines for insurance companies being asked to authorize treatment, ...

CMS Rule 0057 requires health plans to develop and support FHIR-based APIs to enable electronic prior authorization (ePA). Whether return on this investment stops at ...

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CMS finalized a key provision that holds Medicare Advantage insurers responsible for paying inpatient hospital admissions claims previously approved through the prior authorization process.

New UB employees should use this form to request reimbursement for approved expenses when transporting themselves, their families, and household goods and personal effects to their new place of ...

Experts discuss effective strategies for navigating the prior authorization process to ensure timely access to third-line therapies for metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) and share any success ...

Prior authorization has become a pain point for patients and doctors. This is a KFF Health News story. Sheldon Ekirch spends a lot of time on hold with her health insurance company. Sometimes ...

For patient advocates and health economists, cases like Ekirch's illustrate why prior authorization has become such a chronic pain point for patients and doctors. For 50 years, insurers have ...

A bill to reform prior authorization requirements for Medicare Advantage (MA) – a massive burden that nursing home operators have been trying to change for some time – was reintroduced on Capitol Hill ...

Rep. Mark Green (R-Tenn.) reintroduced a bill Thursday seeking to reform prior authorization requirements in Medicare, Medicare Advantage, and Part D prescription drug plans requiring only ...

Rep. Mark Green (R-Tenn.) reintroduced a bill Thursday seeking to reform prior authorization requirements in Medicare, Medicare Advantage, and Part D prescription drug plans requiring only specialty ...