Health insurers promise to improve coverage reviews that prompt delays and complaints
UNITED STATES, JUN 23 – Major insurers covering 75% of Americans pledge to speed approvals and increase transparency, aiming for 80% of electronic prior authorizations answered in real-time by 2027.
- Health plans under major U.S. insurers have agreed to reduce prior authorizations, a common issue for patients and providers when accessing care.
- The group, which includes insurers like CVS Health, UnitedHealthcare, and Cigna, aims to simplify care for 257 million Americans.
- Insurers plan to standardize electronic prior authorization by the end of next year to expedite the process.
- Experts believe that any move towards standardization is encouraging after years of complications in prior authorization.
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Will Insurers Keep New Promises For Prior Authorizations?
Starting this week, major health insurance companies, including United Healthcare, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna, Kaiser Permanente, and Humana, announced plans to “streamline, simplify and reduce prior authorizations.” These changes will be phased in over the next 18 months and will affect 257 million Americans. Addressing Widespread Complaints. Prior authorization, a process where doctors or […] The post Will Insurers Keep New Promises For Pr…

Insurers Promise to Speed Up Delays in Health Care Approvals
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5 takeaways from health insurers’ new pledge to improve prior authorization • Minnesota Reformer
(Getty Images)Nearly seven months after the fatal shooting of an insurance CEO in New York drew widespread attention to health insurers’ practice of denying or delaying doctor-ordered care, the largest U.S. insurers agreed Monday to streamline their often cumbersome preapproval system. Dozens of insurance companies, including Cigna, Aetna, Humana, and UnitedHealthcare, agreed to several measures, which include making fewer medical procedures sub…
5 takeaways from health insurers’ new pledge to improve prior authorization
Nearly seven months after the fatal shooting of an insurance CEO in New York drew widespread attention to health insurers' practice of denying or delaying doctor-ordered care, the largest U.S. insurers agreed Monday to streamline their often cumbersome preapproval system.
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