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Insurers vow to make prior authorization for treatment easier. What that means.
Major insurers say they’ll ease up on the prior-authorization practice that can delay necessary care for patients.
Health insurers promise changes to prior authorization process. What to know
The nation’s major health insurers are promising to scale back and improve a widely despised practice that leads to care delays and complications.
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After CEO’s Murder and Public Pressure, Health Insurers Vow To Reform Care Approval Delays, but Can Trump Actually Make Them?
Skeptics note that efforts to streamline the much-despised prior authorization system have failed twice before.
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Highmark joins major insurers in prior authorization reform
Highmark was among more than 50 health insurers who pledged Monday to speed up and slim down prior authorization, the process through which patients and their doctors must seek insurance approval ...
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Payer Roundup—How premiums could increase from tariffs; insurer pans Medicaid data sharing with DHS
Below is a roundup of payer-centric news headlines you may have missed during the month of June 2025. | In June, Gold Coast ...
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Health insurers promise to ease prior authorization practice – NBC4 Washington
Dr. Mehmet Oz called prior the practice “a pox on the system” that hikes administrative costs during his Senate confirmation hearing in March to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid ...
Majority of Medicaid managed care plans cover opioid overdose reversal drug naloxone, but access barriers remain
A new study found that almost all plans in 40 states and Washington, DC covered at least one form of the opioid overdose ...
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Health insurers promise to ease prior authorization practice – NBC Bay Area
Health insurers promise changes to prior authorization process. What to know They will reduce the scope of claims subject to medical prior authorization, and they will honor the pre-approvals of a ...