Major health insurers are advancing efforts to standardize prior authorization requirements as part of an effort to simplify ...

UnitedHealthcare pares back prior authorizations and speeds payments for 1,500 rural hospitals, expanding nationwide by fall 2024.

UnitedHealthcare, the largest private payer in the U.S., plans to eliminate almost 20% of its current prior authorizations starting this summer, the company announced Wednesday. The decision, which ...

UnitedHealthcare, facing a storm of backlash from docs over its decision to implement a policy that would require prior authorization for some surveillance and diagnostic colonoscopies, is pushing ...

UnitedHealthcare and CVS Health have announced significant progress in standardizing prior authorization processes, aiming to reduce administrative delays and improve care access. The move, part of an ...

UnitedHealthcare plans to cut back on its use of prior authorization, removing procedures and medical devices from its list of services requiring signoff and reducing the number of authorizations from ...

While there's a lot of buzz around prior authorization, it applies to fewer than 2% of claims. Prior authorization ensures care is both safe and aligned with the most up-to-date clinical guidelines.

UnitedHealthcare’s $80 billion commercial business is planning more prior authorization rollbacks and wants to be seen as a better partner to the health systems it negotiates with, the unit’s CEO and ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . As the effective date of UnitedHealthcare’s prior authorization policy for gastroenterology endoscopy services ...

Prior authorizations, one of health insurers’ many “utilization management” techniques, is a hot topic amongst practicing physicians, patients, and regulators, to name a few. The prior-authorization ...

UnitedHealthcare now requires members to obtain prior authorization before undergoing physical and occupational therapy at multidisciplinary offices and outpatient hospitals in four states. 1. The ...