Administrative costs are estimated to make up between 20 and 34 percent of US health care expenditures, roughly 1–4 percent of GDP. Academic and policy discussions generally characterize these costs ...

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services put forth a new set of rules to curb private insurance's use of prior authorization. These new rules will go into effect in 2026 and will impact care for the ...

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz met with industry leaders to discuss their pledge to streamline ...

If you’ve ever been a patient waiting—days, sometimes more than a week—for treatment approval, or a clinician stuck chasing it, you know what prior authorization feels like. Patients sit in limbo, ...

UnitedHealth Group and Cigna are revamping their prior authorization processes as new federal regulations aiming to ease the burden on providers and patients loom. UnitedHealthcare will eliminate ...

WASHINGTON — Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Monday that the country’s largest health insurers have promised to take steps to streamline the often-criticized prior ...

When your doctor decides you could benefit from a particular test or procedure, your insurance company might require documentation to prove it's necessary before agreeing to pay for anything.

Highmark was among more than 50 health insurers who pledged Monday to speed up and slim down prior authorization, the process through which patients and their doctors must seek insurance approval for ...

Blue Shield of California is partnering with tech company Salesforce to give physicians and patients prior authorization answers in actual time, instead of days. The aim is to streamline the prior ...

Sandra Johnson started feeling short of breath a few years ago, and sometimes it dramatically limited what she could do. "Getting up to walk from my bedroom to the bathroom, I will be so out of breath ...