Wash., found procedures in the state that were previously approved in two weeks now take four to eight weeks to be authorized ...
Drugs were left out of a 2024 rule streamlining prior authorizations, including by making decisions electronic and requiring payers to turn them around more quickly. The Trump administration is ...
On April 14, 2026, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) published a proposed rule[1] that would require ...
Aligning electronic data submission requirements for prior authorizations is one prong of the insurance industry’s commitment ...
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On January 17, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the CMS Interoperability and Prior Authorization final rule (Final Rule) (fact sheet, CMS’ interoperability website), ...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has been using prior authorization for selected Hospital Outpatient Department (OPD) services for several years as part of its broader effort to curb ...
It's no secret that burnout is a struggle across the healthcare industry, and the complex, time-consuming prior authorization process is one contributor. In fact, the U.S. Surgeon General addressed ...
A major pain point for physicians is also one—sometimes literally—for patients. In Texas, 25% of patients say insurers have refused to cover a medicine, procedure, test or scan that a doctor ordered ...
Have you ever walked into the pharmacy and been told that your prescription requires a prior authorization? But your healthcare professional prescribed something for you, and you brought in your ...