Yet that is what many fear will happen due to UnitedHealthcare’s new advance notification policy, which lays the groundwork for far-reaching prior authorization requirements for most ...

Prior authorization ensures care is both safe and aligned with the most up-to-date clinical guidelines. UnitedHealthcare is reducing prior authorization requirements with new initiatives to ease ...

Provider groups who do not submit advance notification during this period will not be eligible for the UnitedHealthcare Gold Card program.” Under its prior authorization plan, UnitedHealthcare ...

Prior authorization has been a continual source of frustration for providers, and Wednesday UnitedHealthcare, the country's largest insurer, said it will offer some relief. The payer giant will ...

The controversial prior authorization policy for colonoscopies that UnitedHealthcare wanted to put into effect today will not take place, the company said last night in a statement. Instead UHC ...

GI docs say the payer is using AI to move large volumes of services through prior authorization. Effective June 1, UnitedHealthcare will require prior authorization for nearly half (47% ...

UnitedHealthcare is launching a program next month geared toward streamlining prior authorization for qualifying providers. The UnitedHealth Group subsidiary's "gold card" program, offered across ...

United Healthcare (UHC) has announced it will not go forward with a plan to require prior authorization for colonoscopies and other endoscopic procedures. Instead, the giant health insurer will ...

UnitedHealthcare will also implement a national “gold card” program in early 2024, allowing certain providers whose prior authorization requests are consistently approved to perform most ...

UnitedHealthcare, an insurer of approximately 45 million people worldwide, has announced changes to its prior authorization rules for gastroenterology care that will take effect June 1. Beginning in ...