Provider organizations have answered the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS’) call for deregulation suggestions with their policy change wish lists tackling topics from prior authorizati | ...

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

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… ...

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.

“Americans shouldn’t have to negotiate with their insurer to get the care they need,” Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., said Monday, announcing the changes at a meeting of ...

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

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 ...

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