Bipartisan bill seeks to get rid of prior authorization
Rep. Mark Green (R-Tenn.) reintroduced a bill Thursday seeking to nix prior authorization requirements in Medicare, Medicare ...
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‘All of us are facing this burden’: Tips to alleviate prior authorization struggles
Getting prior authorization for medications can be a struggle in allergy and asthma care, but creating templates and paying ...
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ASC prior authorizations continue to rise
Prior authorization rates are increasing at ASCs, according to HST Pathways’ latest “State of the Industry Report.” The ...
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Optum Rx says it will eliminate 10% of prior authorizations
The massive pharmacy benefit manager plans to stop requiring coverage reauthorizations for roughly 80 drugs used to treat ...
States try to rein in health insurers' claim denials, with mixed results
Health insurance companies are under increasing scrutiny for allegedly using artificial intelligence bots and algorithms to ...
YC-backed Taxo raises $5M to slash healthcare admin with its AI ‘reasoning engine’
Founded last year and based in San Francisco, Taxo tells TechCrunch it passed $1 million ARR six months after its launch. It ...
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Optum to drop prior authorization requirement for dozens of drugs
Optum Rx — which includes the pharmacy benefit manager of health care conglomerate UnitedHealth Group — is dropping annual ...
Reform prior authorization. Don't eliminate it. | Letters
Prior authorization is one of the few tools to keep health care costs in check, ensuring that treatments are medically ...
NC Senate passes health care overhaul that would crack down on ‘surprise billing’
The bill would also ban insurance companies from using artificial intelligence as the “sole basis” for denying requests for ...