Prior authorization refers to when medical providers have to get approval from insurers before performing a service. Patients ...

Months after the killing of a top health insurance executive unleashed Americans’ pent-up anger over denials of medical care, ...

RFK Jr. said health insurance providers have committed to making the prior authorization process easier. The practice often ...

Major health insurance companies, representing about 75% of covered Americans, are pledging to speed up the "prior ...

UnitedHealthcare, Aetna and dozens of other insurers promised Monday they’re working to scale back a health care practice ...

Some of the nation's health insurers say they're taking steps to speed the process by which doctors approve medical care.

Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, the prior authorization process had become the bane of doctors and patients. Physicians say that health insurers’ authorization requirements, which can delay ...