In a landmark move, U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has announced a sweeping initiative to end the burdensome practice of insurance pre-authorization that has long frustrated patients and ...

Have you ever walked into the pharmacy and been told that your prescription requires a prior authorization? But your healthcare professional prescribed something for you, and you brought in your ...

Prior authorization forces doctors to spend 13 hours a week fighting insurers. New federal rules are changing that. Here's ...

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and CMS Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz announced a pledge from insurers to streamline the prior authorization process for patients. According to ...

Health insurance companies increasingly require medical providers to obtain approval before delivering the costliest forms of treatment to patients. This has helped curb wasteful expenditure but also ...

In 2026, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will expand prior authorization in the fee-for-service program through the Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction (WISeR) Model.

Massachusetts insurance regulators unveiled sweeping prior authorization reforms that would scrap pre-approval requirements for "many routine and essential" health care services, Gov. Maura Healey ...

When Dr. Laura Valle, a certified nurse midwife and menopause practitioner, opened her practice in May 2022, she had done so with the hopes of giving her patients the time and care she provided when ...