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 | ...

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… ...

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 ...

In a recent joint statement, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., and CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz, MD, announced 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.

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

“People lose their lives because of prior authorization,” Kennedy told reporters. Insurers who cover patients on Medicare, Medicaid and in the marketplaces were already preparing to comply ...

In 2023, Medicare Advantage insurers made nearly 50 million prior authorization determinations, according to the healthcare think tank KFF.That’s up from 42 million in 2022 and 37 million in 2021.

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 ...

In 2023, Medicare Advantage insurers made nearly 50 million prior authorization determinations, according to the healthcare think tank KFF. That’s up from 42 million in 2022 and 37 million in 2021.