An insurance company often requires this type of preapproval for certain services, procedures, prescription medications, and medical supplies. Your healthcare team can often help you navigate this ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced the launch of a program that will require individuals on Medicare to obtain prior approval from the federal health insurance ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Diane Omdahl is a Medicare expert who keeps her readers in the know. Over the last several years, prior authorization has become a ...

Jaclyn Mayo has multiple sclerosis, an autoimmune disease that damages the nervous system and can mess with coordination and balance. To get steadier on her feet, Mayo had been trying to lose weight: ...

Insurance companies often make doctors ask their permission before treating patients. This template can help medical professionals explain how it works. By Ron Lieber Ron Lieber will update this ...

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with American Medical Association President Bruce Scott about how physicians and patients are burdened by insurance companies' systems of prior authorization. A lot has been ...

Large health insurance companies vowed to cut down the use of and improve a common tool to vet requests before letting doctors bill for medical services or prescriptions. UnitedHealthcare, Blue Cross ...

Blaming prior authorization for “eroding trust between payers and providers,” federal officials said Monday they are evaluating how prior approvals might be better targeted to improve healthcare ...

The biggest health insurance companies in the U.S. have pledged to reform much-maligned prior authorization policies, which require doctors and hospitals to get their go-ahead before providing certain ...