Major insurers say they’ll ease up on the prior-authorization practice that can delay necessary care for patients.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama says it's reforms will provide a simpler, more efficient system for patients and doctors.

"Prior authorization is often denied because a provider has not provided all of the necessary information," Moran told ...

Here’s what to know about prior authorization, and what insurers have vowed to do. What is prior authorization? Prior ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) rolled out an Innovation Center model Friday to test new prior ...

Across the healthcare landscape, prior authorization is undergoing significant changes aimed at reducing administrative burden and expediting care delivery. Here are three major updates to know: 1.

Some spine procedures that are traditionally fee-for-service Medicare cases will have prior authorizations added, according to CMS’ new Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction model. CMS is ...

Major American insurers announced Monday that they have agreed to speed up and smooth out the processes involved with the ...

CMS has unveiled the Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction model, a new Innovation Center initiative aimed at reducing unnecessary services in traditional Medicare and streamlining the prior ...

The announcement on prior authorization comes months after the killing of UnitedHealthcare executive Brian Thompson, which ...

Some of the nation's health insurers say they're taking steps to speed the process by which doctors approve medical care.

More than 50 insurers have pledged to streamline and simplify the prior authorization process through six new commitments.