Policy makers should continue to provide clear rules of the road, increase transparency, apply more effective oversight, and ...

In Massachusetts, health plans ... used for prior authorization. Not only would abandoning prior authorization practices encourage clinically inappropriate and unsafe care, but it could cost ...

Many people, at one time or another, have needed to get approval from their insurance ... re covered. Prior authorization requirements are a hallmark of American health care — and for some ...

She had no idea the challenges that would lie ahead when her physician submitted the request for prior authorization, or pre-approval from her private ... health insurance coverage and, in turn, care.

The proposed legislation defines health benefit mandates as certain regulations on health insurance plans, including things ...

When Lou and Lindsay Volpe’s son was diagnosed with a chronic bowel disease at age 11, their health insurer required constant ...

“You subscribe to your insurance policy ... Many of the state’s medical providers are behind the effort, saying prior authorization is denying vital care and needlessly sucking up more ...