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Feds Move to Rein In Prior Authorization, a System that Harms, Frustrates Patients

When Paula Chestnut needed hip replacement surgery last year, a pre-operative X-ray found irregularities in her chest. As a smoker for 40 years, Chestnut was at high risk for lung cancer. A specialist ...
The American Journal of Managed Care

In Today’s Prior Authorization System, “Coverage Is Not Access”

The panel said the prior authorization system was intended not just to make sure treatments are necessary but also to ensure that practices get paid; however, it needs a lot of work. Prior ...
The Virginian-Pilot

Federal government works to rein in prior authorization, a system that frustrates medical staff and patients

When Paula Chestnut needed hip replacement surgery last year, a pre-operative X-ray found irregularities in her chest. As a smoker for 40 years, Chestnut was at high risk for lung cancer. A specialist ...
Healio

AMA seeks to expand telehealth, reform payment system and prior authorization

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . During his presidential address at the AMA House of Delegates meeting, Gerald E. Harmon, MD, outlined five ...