The prior authorization bundles are for condition-specific procedures, Aetna said. Previously, providers had to submit two ...

A Medicare pilot program will allow companies to use artificial intelligence to review older Americans’ requests for certain medical care.

Aetna provided an update on its efforts to streamline the healthcare experience on Thursday, one year to the day after the fatal shooting of UnitedHealth’ s top insurance executive sparked a wave of ...

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You’re in pain. Your doctor prescribes a treatment. Then nothing. Weeks pass without a word from your insurance company. You ...

WASHINGTON -- Physician groups are hoping Medicare will change its mind about implementing new prior authorization requirements for two outpatient spinal procedures beginning July 1. In a final rule ...

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CVS Health’s Aetna health insurance unit said it will “integrate pharmacy prescriptions and medical procedures into a single ...

Many health systems and patients have struggled with prior authorization procedures. Prior authorization practices are staying in the spotlight. Health systems are looking for payers to do more to ...

UnitedHealth has rescinded a plan to require prior authorization for colonoscopies and other endoscopic procedures, following backlash from physician groups. UnitedHealth, which operates the biggest ...

Several health insurers are extending prior authorizations for elective services that have been canceled or deferred because of COVID-19. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota shared with Becker’s ...

A year ago, the killing of a health insurance executive on a Manhattan sidewalk unleashed many Americans’ pent-up frustration with insurers’ delays and denials of care.