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Montana looks to regulate prior authorization as patients, providers decry obstacles to care

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Patients and their health care providers are saying it’s time Montana joined many other states in limiting how and when insurers can deny drugs or treatments through their preapproval process.

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Montana looks to regulate prior authorization as patients, providers decry obstacles to care

Patients and their health care providers are saying it’s time Montana joined many other states in limiting how and when insurers can deny drugs or treatments through their preapproval process.

·Helena, United States
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Montana Looks To Regulate Prior Authorization as Patients, Providers Decry Obstacles to Care

HELENA, Mont. — When Lou and Lindsay Volpe’s son was diagnosed with a chronic bowel disease at age 11, their health insurer required constant preapproval of drugs and treatments — a process the Volpes say often delayed critical care for their son. “You subscribe to your insurance policy, you pay into that for years and years and years with the hope that, if you need this service, it will be there for you,” Lou Volpe said. “And finally, when you …

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kffhealthnews.org broke the news in on Thursday, February 13, 2025.
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