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, ...

Major health insurers have pledged to improve the prior authorization process, which has long frustrated Americans.

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 ...