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Prior authorization rules vary widely among major commercial insurers, review finds

A brief research report reviewed the prior authorization rules for Aetna, Humana, and UnitedHealthcare and found little consistency in their prior authorization rules. The findings highlight a fragmented system that may contribute to administrative burden for clinicians and confusion for patients. The report is published in Annals of Internal Medicine…

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Will CMS Crack Down on Prior Authorization?

There’s the Idaho doctor whose infant daughter developed a brain tumor. A woman in Southern California who waited months for an MRI before dying in the hospital. And a North Carolina patient who has trigeminal neuralgia — a condition so painful it’s commonly called the “suicide disease.” They all have something in common…

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