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 ...

Sometimes a health insurer will require preauthorization of a medical procedure, and as a result may deny that pre-authorization, keeping the patient from getting the care they need, at least ...

WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – Major health insurance companies, representing about 75% of covered Americans, are pledging to speed up the “prior authorization” process, Dr. Mehmet Oz announced Monday. “It ...

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 ...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has secured a pledge from insurers to streamline the companies’ practice of requiring prior authorizations before covering a claim. “Americans ...

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 ...

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 ...

The biggest health insurance companies in the U.S. have pledged to reform much-maligned prior authorization policies, which require doctors and hospitals to get their go-ahead before providing certain ...

There's a hidden industry is making money by turning down doctors’ requests for payments, known as prior authorizations. A KFF survey found that roughly 6 in 10 insured adults have experienced ...