Massachusetts regulators would eliminate many prior authorization rules, speed urgent approvals and form a working group to ...

The idea behind it seems reasonable: Insurers want to ensure treatments are medically necessary before they pay for them. But ...

A man with leukemia wrestles with his insurance company for access to medications to manage his excruciating pain. An oncologist is forced to delay needed treatments while arguing for health insurance ...

When Paula Chestnut needed hip replacement surgery last year, a pre-operative X-ray found irregularities in her chest. As a smoker for 40 years, Chestnut was at high risk for lung cancer. A specialist ...

A screen displays the logo and trading information for Humana on the floor of the NYSE in New York (Reuters) -Humana said on Tuesday it would eliminate about one-third of prior authorizations for ...

Governor Maura Healey announced a significant reform to health insurance prior authorization rules aimed at streamlining patient access to health care services, amid ongoing federal funding cuts.

The New Mexico Office of Superintendent of Insurance urges all health insurance consumers to actively monitor the status of any prior authorization requests submitted on their behalf. Prior ...

Many people, at one time or another, have needed to get approval from their insurance company before receiving certain treatments, medications, or procedures to ensure they’re covered. Prior ...

State lawmakers want to crack down on an insurance practice that requires people to wait for approval for medical treatments. The practice is known as "prior authorization." Patients often have to ...

Sheldon Ekirch spends a lot of time on hold with her health insurance company. Sometimes, as the minutes tick by and her frustration mounts, Ekirch, 30, opens a meditation app on her phone. Patients ...