These health care hurdles can stand in the way of getting treatment your doctor says you need. Here's what to know about how ...

Prior authorization, a process that requires physicians to obtain approval from health care insurers before certain treatments are covered, may keep patients from filling prescriptions for two ...

Don't let insurance delays stall your ulcerative colitis remission. Learn how to navigate prior authorization, step therapy, and specialty pharmacy hurdles.

Last summer, the Trump administration announced a voluntary pledge by health insurers to reform prior authorization, but patient advocates and medical providers remain skeptical.

There are 5 steps to prior authorization when looking at it from a best practice standpoint. These steps include demographics, eligibility, determination, submission, and status retrieval. Tune into ...

Prior authorization, a process that requires physicians to obtain approval from health care insurers before certain treatments are covered, may keep patients from filling prescriptions for two ...

Prior authorization — the process by which insurers review and approve or deny treatments prescribed by doctors — has become “the only piece of healthcare that every single stakeholder, including ...

Payer updates and policy changes delay reimbursement; Leaders say automated solutions can help fight back. The tug-of-war between providers and payers over prior authorizations is a consistent and ...

While major provider organizations welcomed insurers' pledge earlier this week to reform prior authorization, these groups withheld praise without yet seeing the efforts bear fruit. Bobby Mukkamala, M ...

State laws that ban insurance prior authorization for buprenorphine-a leading medication for opioid use disorder-may not help more patients stay in treatment for the recommended minimum of 180 days, ...

Staff at Arkansas' Harmony Park Family Medicine have been excited about streamlining the prior authorization process with the goal of improving patient access to high-quality care. Prior authorization ...