After man's death following insurance denials, West Virginia tackles prior authorization

Six months after Eric Tennant died following a protracted battle with his health insurer over doctor-recommended cancer care, ...
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Health Insurers Vow—Again—to Fix Prior Authorization Process. Here’s What to Know

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz listens to Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speak during a news conference to discuss health insurance ...
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Health insurers commit to making prior authorizations easier and less common

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 ...
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'A big mess': With prior authorizations and insurance denials, some patients run out of time

BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. — By the time Eric Tennant was diagnosed in 2023 with a rare cancer of the bile ducts, the disease had spread to his bones. He weighed 97 pounds and wasn’t expected to survive a year ...
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For patients and doctors, insurance prior authorization can be a dangerous game | Opinion

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Prior authorization: For patients and doctors, insurance can be an unfair game A man with leukemia wrestles with his insurance ...
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How prior insurance authorization affects physicians and the care they give patients

A lot has been said about the outpouring of social media posts in the wake of the killing of insurance company CEO Brian Thompson earlier this month, with many of the posts describing horror stories ...

Health Care Coverage Is Now Decided by AI—Here's What You Need to Know About Its Role in Insurance

Explore how AI is transforming health insurance in the US, raising legal and ethical questions about patient care and ...
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Insurers’ pledge to reduce prior authorization may be ‘major shift’ or ‘dog and pony show’

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . HHS and CMS recently announced insurers have pledged to voluntarily reduce prior authorizations. Questions ...
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After years of complaints, health insurers vow to fix prior authorization delays

Health insurance companies across the country have agreed to streamline and simplify the prior authorization process for patients seeking certain medical treatment, according to a nationwide industry ...
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NCOIL discusses prior authorization reform efforts

Belmar, NJ – The National Council of Insurance Legislators concluded a highly successful 2025 Spring National Meeting from April 24 th – 27 th in Charleston, SC. In what was the first of the ...