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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 ...
Elisabeth Rosenthal is senior contributing editor at KFF Health News and author of “An American Sickness: How Healthcare ...
The state Senate passed a new set of bipartisan drug reform bills this week, seeking to expand access to Narcan and other ...
The White House event Friday reflected the avid support for Trump’s bill in the ruling class, which sees it as a down payment ...
New bill would require ICE and CBP agents to show ID, limit face coverings during public enforcement operations. Stay with ...
With today’s narrow passage by the U.S. House of Representatives of H.R. 1, President Donald Trump’s multitrillion-dollar ...
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.
Gold Card’ programs were supposed to ease prior authorization burdens for doctors whose treatment recommendations are ...
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.