AI clinical conversation platform Abridge is partnering with health information network Availity to launch a real-time prior ...

Some Medicare recipients are set to experience a new “prior authorization” measure as the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) trials its much-discussed “Wasteful and Inappropriate Service ...

A six-state pilot program will target “wasteful care” under Medicare, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services says.

Major health insurance providers have agreed to reduce the need for prior authorization — the requirement that patients must get approval from insurers before receiving certain treatments or risk ...

To combat growing criticism of prior authorization delays by payers, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services finalized a rule Wednesday that requires health plans to send prior authorization ...

Prior authorization has long been a sticking point between payers and providers, with payers arguing that it’s necessary to control costs and ensure that care is medically necessary and providers ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jesse Pines is an expert in healthcare innovation and wellness. Health insurer prior authorization has increased considerably in ...

Cigna is the latest health insurer to roll back prior authorization requirements, announcing Thursday that it will no longer require the approvals for nearly 25% of medical services. Cigna plans to ...

Aetna provided an update on its efforts to streamline the healthcare experience on Thursday, one year to the day after the fatal shooting of UnitedHealth’s top insurance executive sparked a wave of ...

Abridge, which serves more than 200 health systems, is projected to support over 80 million patient-clinician conversations ...