INDIANAPOLIS — It's a situation anyone visiting their doctor has probably run into at one point. Your doctor says you need a test, procedure or certain drug, but in order for it to be covered by your ...

the AMA found that just 23% of physicians reported that their electronic health system offers electronic prior authorization for prescription medications. Physicians said the phone was the most common ...

Health insurers now routinely refuse to pay for more expensive drugs or procedures until they have issued a “prior authorization.” Prior authorization is designed to prevent a physician from ...

UnitedHealthcare will ease prior authorization requirements for its Medicare Advantage plans, UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty said Thursday. In his first public remarks since the murder of ...