As part of its mission to help members access quality, affordable healthcare, Independence Blue Cross has announced a series ...

Some of the nation's health insurers say they're taking steps to speed the process by which doctors approve medical care.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan has announced a new effort to reduce prior authorization requirements by 20 percent in order to improve healthcare quality and access while reducing administrative ...

Following an emerging industry trend, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan intends to ease prior authorization requirements for medical procedures and surgeries. The initiative the state's largest ...

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts ("Blue Cross") today announced that it will remove prior authorization requirements for home care services for commercial membersi beginning January 1, 2024.

That's because, after KFF Health News sent questions to Nix's insurance company, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois, it retroactively approved $36,000 worth of treatments she thought she owed.

PARSIPPANY, N.J., Feb. 18, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Agadia Systems, Inc. (Agadia), a recognized healthcare technology solution provider for Health Plans & PBMs is announcing an agreement with Blue ...

RFK Jr. said health insurance providers have committed to making the prior authorization process easier. The practice often ...

According to Blue Cross, the pilot, focused on hip and knee procedures for 32 orthopedic providers over a four-month span, resulted in 88% prior authorization submissions processing automatically ...

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan was working on revisions to its prior authorization requirements before those other companies announced changes to theirs, Grant said. “It’s purely ...

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Centers for Medicare& Medicaid Services Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz today met with industry leaders to discuss their pledge, to ...

DETROIT, Sept. 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, a national leader in streamlined prior authorization programs, is further reforming its process to relax approximately 20 ...