Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jesse Pines is an expert in healthcare innovation and wellness. Health insurer prior authorization has increased considerably in ...

Prior authorization forces doctors to spend 13 hours a week fighting insurers. New federal rules are changing that. Here's ...

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with American Medical Association President Bruce Scott about how physicians and patients are burdened by insurance companies' systems of prior authorization. A lot has been ...

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 ...

At a time when physicians and policymakers alike are being asked to reduce health care costs without sacrificing quality care, it’s crucial that we unleash the enormous potential for savings that ...

Massachusetts insurance regulators unveiled sweeping prior authorization reforms that would scrap pre-approval requirements for "many routine and essential" health care services, Gov. Maura Healey ...

BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. — By the time Eric Tennant was diagnosed in 2023 with a rare cancer of the bile ducts, the disease had spread to his bones. He weighed 97 pounds and wasn’t expected to survive a year ...

When Ocean McIntyre started having vision problems at age 34, her health plan took a month to authorize a doctor visit. When pressure in her brain started crushing her optic nerve, she spent three ...

While the headaches and life-altering results of insurance pre-authorizations are not new to physicians or patients, lately things have been getting worse. Patients are sending more and more messages ...

The Mississippi Senate passed a bill Wednesday that would streamline the process for doctors in the state to receive prior authorization on procedures from insurance companies. Sen. Walter Michel, R, ...

Editor’s Note: This story was published last year, before the murder of UnitedHealthcare’s chief executive, which is drawing renewed attention to how the insurance industry denies care to patients.

Bengaluru: Humana said on Tuesday it would eliminate about one-third of prior authorizations for outpatient services by next year, the latest insurer to address the tedious paperwork process that has ...