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.

In a recent joint statement, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., and CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz, MD, announced health insurers have pledged to voluntarily streamline and reduce prior authorization ...

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

The voluntary changes focus on prior authorization, which means insurers require approval before covering medical care, a prescription or services like an imaging exam. Insurers say they do this to… ...

UnitedHealthcare, Blue Cross Blue Shield and other health insurers plan fixes to prioer authorization, a common source of consumer complaints.

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.

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

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 ...