Rep. Dr. Greg Murphy (R-N.C.) hopes his personal ordeal with prior authorizations will help inspire Congress to act.

Prior authorization is a process that involves contacting a person’s Medicare provider to request coverage for a medical service, drug, or piece of equipment. If a person has Original Medicare ...

Physicians describe common prior authorization challenges when treating patients for obesity and share strategies to overcome ...

AHN is the first health system to implement the fully automated, touchless prior authorization process, according to an April 28 news release. By entering a procedure order into the EHR, AHN can now ...

Hawaii’s chronic shortage of health care professionals has plagued our state for decades. On the neighbor islands, we need nearly twice as many doctors as we currently have to provide adequate access ...

In 2025 alone, doctors and legislators across the country have already introduced more than 100 pieces of legislation meant to reform prior authorization. The cumbersome approval process is a ...

The stated objectives of prior authorization (PA) are to reduce unnecessary care and costs. However, as a 2022 Department of ...

Prior authorization programs delay patient care, increase emotional and financial costs on patients, create administrative burdens, increase hospitalizations and cause patient harm. × This page ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WITN) - The North Carolina House passed the CARE FIRST Act on Thursday, described as a life-saving piece of legislation that will reform prior authorization and save patients’ lives.

Humata’s touchless prior authorization technology automates the end-to-end process for AHN, including: “As a practicing physician, I lived through the hassle of prior authorization – the ...