UnitedHealthcare said prior authorization is “an important checkpoint” that helps ensure members are receiving coverage for safe and effective care. The company noted it is “continually ...

But Neil Parikh, national chief medical officer for medical management at UnitedHealthcare, explained prior authorization rules apply to fewer than 2% of the claims the company pays. He added that ...

But Neil Parikh, national chief medical officer for medical management at UnitedHealthcare, explained prior authorization rules apply to fewer than 2% of the claims the company pays. He added that ...

The survey results also suggest that changes to prior authorization made by UnitedHealthcare and Cigna in 2023 have not had much of a positive impact for physicians or patients. A minority of ...

“These changes are part of ongoing efforts to reduce total UnitedHealthcare prior authorization volume. They represent the next step in our ongoing efforts to modernize the prior authorization ...

UnitedHealth Group is taking another step to refine its prior authorization requirements as it continues to face public frustration. The healthcare giant’s insurance business, UnitedHealthcare ...

Denial of care through insurers’ prior authorization processes has struck a nerve nationwide as well. In the wake of the December shooting death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New ...

Two months after the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson ... including analyses of how often prior authorization requirements or denials of coverage lead to delay or abandonment of ...

Prior authorization for medical care was started in the mid-1980s as a marketing scheme by health insurance companies. I know. I was in the room where it happened when I was an officer of the ...

UnitedHealthcare will ease prior authorization requirements for its Medicare Advantage plans, UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty said Thursday. In his first public remarks since the murder of ...

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In October, the Senate Homeland Security Committee published a report about UnitedHealthcare, Humana, and CVS “intentionally using prior authorization to boost profits by targeting costly yet ...