In the meantime, the HHS leadership team will be shorthanded as Kennedy and the administration pursue an ambitious health ...

For many in long-term care, Monday’s announcement about voluntary prior authorization reforms reeks of unpleasant déjà vu. That’s because they’ve been denied before.

HHS has secured a pledge from insurers to streamline the companies’ practice of requiring prior authorizations before ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will implement prior authorization requirements for certain traditional ...

U.S. health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. met with major health insurers on Monday, extracting pledges that they will take additional measures to simplify their requirements for prior approval on ...

Insurers pledged to reduce the scope of claims subject to prior authorization as appropriate for the local market each plan serves. Reductions will be demonstrated by Jan. 1, 2026.

UnitedHealthcare, CVS Health's Aetna and dozens of other insurers say they plan to reduce the scope of health care claims subject to prior authorization, standardize parts of the process and ...

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

The voluntary changes focus on prior authorization, which means insurers require approval before covering medical care, a prescription or services like an imaging exam. Insurers say they do this to… ...

Skeptics note that efforts to streamline the much-despised prior authorization system have failed twice before.

CMS is encouraging health insurance companies to change their prior-authorization systems. Roughly 80% of Americans will be affected by the change.

US Health Chief Kennedy Gets Pledge From Insurers on Prior Authorization Reform By Leah Douglas and Ahmed Aboulenein WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. met with ...