HHS has secured a pledge from insurers to streamline the companies’ practice of requiring prior authorizations before ...

RFK Jr. said health insurance providers have committed to making the prior authorization process easier. The practice often delays or denies care to patients.

U.S. health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. met with major health insurers on Monday, extracting pledges that they will take additional measures to simplify their requirements for prior approval on ...

Major insurers say they’ll ease up on the prior-authorization practice that can delay necessary care for patients.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will implement prior authorization requirements for certain traditional ...

For many in long-term care, Monday’s announcement about voluntary prior authorization reforms reeks of unpleasant déjà vu. That’s because they’ve been denied before.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) rolled out an Innovation Center model Friday to test new prior ...

Federal officials and health insurance industry pledge to streamline the prior authorization process for Medicare, Medicaid, and ACA plans.

Skeptics note that efforts to streamline the much-despised prior authorization system have failed twice before.

Several of the nation’s largest health insurance companies have agreed to ease restrictions around prior authorizations, a ...

US health chief Kennedy gets pledge from insurers on prior authorization reform By Leah Douglas and Ahmed Aboulenein June 23, 20252:09 PM PDTUpdated June 23, 2025 ...