Skeptics note that efforts to streamline the much-despised prior authorization system have failed twice before.

Several of the nation’s largest health insurance companies have agreed to ease restrictions around prior authorizations, a ...

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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will implement prior authorization requirements for certain traditional ...

In 2026, the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services will implement a prior authorization for certain services covered under Medicaid in Oklahoma, Ohio, Texas, Arizona, New Jersey, and Washington.

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A new CMS model will introduce new prior authorization requirements to traditional Medicare in six states, raising provider concerns about administrative burden.

More than 40 payers have voluntarily signed onto to pact to transform prior authorization processes. Here is a breakdown of the six commitments at the core of the initiative.