In an about-face, the administration is cracking down on so-called skin substitutes, overused treatments that cost Medicare ...

Health insurance companies have pledged to improve prior authorization with 6 key reforms, according to the HHS.

For Assm. Heidi Kasama (R-Las Vegas), delayed insurance approvals for health care treatment aren’t just something she hears ...

HHS has secured a pledge from insurers to streamline the companies’ practice of requiring prior authorizations before ...

Nearly 50 health insurers, representing commercial, Medicare Advantage and managed Medicaid plans covering 257 million Americans, recently committed to simplifying and standardizing the prior ...

In 2026, the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services will implement a prior authorization for certain services covered ...

Learn about the benefits that become permanent features of Medicare in 2026 and how they have been changed or updated since ...

Several of the nation’s largest health insurance companies have agreed to ease restrictions around prior authorizations, a ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will implement prior authorization requirements for certain traditional ...

Skeptics note that efforts to streamline the much-despised prior authorization system have failed twice before.

Beginning next year, the CMS will launch an AI-powered prior authorization process for some services as it seeks to cut funding for what it deems medically unnecessary care.

Plus, Social Security Administration payment changes start in July. Modern Healthcare: CMMI To Add Prior Authorizations To Some Medicare The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will test a new ...