In a landmark move, U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has announced a sweeping initiative to end the burdensome practice of insurance pre-authorization that has long frustrated patients and ...

When Paula Chestnut needed hip replacement surgery last year, a pre-operative X-ray found irregularities in her chest. As a smoker for 40 years, Chestnut was at high risk for lung cancer. A specialist ...

CLEVELAND — Nearly all health insurers use "prior authorization requirements," meaning your health provider has to prove why you need what they're prescribing to your health insurer. Health insurers ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — A solution to a long-running problem? Or a cure that’s worse than the disease? Depends on who you ask. Insurance pre-authorization — or “utilization management,” as the ...

Aug 24 (Reuters) - Health insurer Cigna Group CI.N said on Thursday it would remove the use of prior authorization or paperwork required to get approval for insurance coverage for 25% of medical ...

Canton-area residents report care delays because of prior authorizations and denials. The Ohio State Medical Association has recognized physicians' growing discontent with third-party administrative ...

New law will reduce pre-authorization delays in some cases, lawmakers pressing for more A new state law that will take effect Jan. 1, will reduce insurance pre-authorization delays by requiring ...

With the murder of the UnitedHealthcare CEO sparking a debate on insurance companies denying treatment, a state lawmaker says it is time for New Jersey to give doctors the final say over which tests ...

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 ...