insurance providers and federal healthcare programs from utilizing prior authorization requirements, medical necessity reviews or similar methods of controlling care delivery. 2. If approved, the bill ...

Physicians and other medical providers will tell you that PA is out of control and has transcended any legitimate rationale ...

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 ...

Denial of care through insurers' prior authorization processes has struck a nerve nationwide as well. In the wake of the December shooting death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York City ...

“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 ...