Top officials in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) are touting a multipronged effort from major payers to ...

The new Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services head did not talk about new defenses against unnecessary spending.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Mehmet ...

The Trump administration aims to issue a rule empowering regulators to “forcefully” go after companies that don’t share drug ...

In recent years, health insurers ramped up the practice of requiring doctors to get their approval before tests and ...

The voluntary changes focus on prior authorization, which means insurers require approval before covering medical care, a ...

Prior authorization means insurers require approval before covering medical care, a prescription or services like an imaging ...

Several major health insurance companies are vowing to make changes to simplify their prior authorization process and improve ...

Dr. Mehmet Oz, the celebrity doctor who oversees Medicaid and Medicare for the Trump administration, welcomes the move by a trio of blue states — California, Illinois and Minnesota — to freeze or ...

HHS Sec. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and CMS Admin. Mehmet Oz announce breakthrough in health insurance to expand care access for ...

The Senate Republican megabill is ailing. The White House thinks it has a doctor for that. Dr. Mehmet Oz, the celebrity surgeon best known for dispensing medical advice on television and now a top ...

The reforms, according to a bulletin from HHS, include: Reducing the number of medical services that require prior authorization, “with demonstrated reductions” by 2026. Honoring existing prior ...