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

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

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 ...

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 ...

Federal health officials on Monday touted pledges they have received from the health insurance industry to streamline and reform the prior authorization process for Medicare Advantage, Medicaid ...

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

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… ...

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

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

U.S. health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. met with major health insurers on ... The companies also will work on reducing the scope of claims that require prior authorization by January 1, ...