Insurers Hedge on Trump-Backed Pledge To Improve Denials Process

Health Insurers Walk Back on Pledge to Improve Denials Process

Patients who need the costliest services are still being disproportionately denied access to doctor-recommended care.

Insurers Hedge on Trump-Backed Pledge To Improve Denials Process

One year after the Trump administration announced that dozens of health insurers had signed a six-part pledge promising to reduce barriers to doctor-recommended care, some insurers now say they won’t implement all the promised initiatives. Meanwhile, patients, their advocates, and clinicians say little has improved. “It has never been this bad for patients,” said U.S. Rep. Greg Murphy (R-N.C.), a physician who co-chairs the GOP Doctors Caucus. T…

Insurers Hedge on Trump-Backed Pledge To Improve Denials Process - Health Care Today

One year after the Trump administration announced that dozens of health insurers had signed a six-part pledge promising to reduce barriers to doctor-recommended care, some insurers now say they won’t implement all the promised initiatives. Meanwhile, patients, their advocates, and clinicians say little has improved. “It has never been this bad for patients,” said U.S. Rep. Greg Murphy (R-N.C.), a physician who co-chairs the GOP Doctors Caucus. T…