A man with leukemia wrestles with his insurance company for access to medications to manage his excruciating pain. An oncologist is forced to delay needed treatments while arguing for health insurance ...

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 ...

State lawmakers want to crack down on an insurance practice that requires people to wait for approval for medical treatments. The practice is known as "prior authorization." Patients often have to ...

Some medical procedures and treatments require prior authorization from your health insurance company, meaning you'll need pre-approval before you can receive care. This episode, health care reporter ...

Massachusetts insurance regulators unveiled sweeping prior authorization reforms that would scrap pre-approval requirements for "many routine and essential" health care services, Gov. Maura Healey ...

At a time when physicians and policymakers alike are being asked to reduce health care costs without sacrificing quality care, it’s crucial that we unleash the enormous potential for savings that ...

California is one of 31 states that passed laws in 2025 limiting insurance companies’ use of prior authorization to approve or deny medical treatments.

While the headaches and life-altering results of insurance pre-authorizations are not new to physicians or patients, lately things have been getting worse. Patients are sending more and more messages ...

Bengaluru: Humana said on Tuesday it would eliminate about one-third of prior authorizations for outpatient services by next year, the latest insurer to address the tedious paperwork process that has ...

The Mississippi Senate passed a bill Wednesday that would streamline the process for doctors in the state to receive prior authorization on procedures from insurance companies. Sen. Walter Michel, R, ...