Prior authorizations have long been hated by many, but insurers call them an essential tool they use to control spending.

State insurance regulators unveiled sweeping prior authorization reforms that would scrap pre-approval requirements for “many ...

The House Banking and Insurance Committee advanced a bill on Wednesday, Jan. 14 that would allow certain health care ...

There is a good reason for health insurers to occasionally require prior authorization for medical treatment. If a doctor ...

The nation’s major health insurers are promising to scale back and improve a widely despised practice that leads to care delays and complications. UnitedHealthcare, CVS Health’s Aetna and dozens of ...

Health plan executives expect AI to automate prior authorizations, improving turnaround times amid CMS regulatory changes, Deloitte finds.

The idea behind it seems reasonable: Insurers want to ensure treatments are medically necessary before they pay for them. But ...

State insurance regulators unveiled sweeping prior authorization reforms that would scrap pre-approval requirements for "many ...

When Sally Nix found out that her health insurance company wouldn’t pay for an expensive, doctor-recommended treatment to ease her neurological pain, she prepared for battle. It took years, a chain of ...

BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. — By the time Eric Tennant was diagnosed in 2023 with a rare cancer of the bile ducts, the disease had spread to his bones. He weighed 97 pounds and wasn’t expected to survive a year ...

Sheldon Ekirch spends a lot of time on hold with her health insurance company. Sometimes, as the minutes tick by and her frustration mounts, Ekirch, 30, opens a meditation app on her phone. It was ...