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Feds Move to Rein In Prior Authorization, a System that Harms, Frustrates Patients

When Paula Chestnut needed hip replacement surgery last year, a pre-operative X-ray found irregularities in her chest. As a smoker for 40 years, Chestnut was at high risk for lung cancer. A specialist ...
The American Journal of Managed Care

In Today’s Prior Authorization System, “Coverage Is Not Access”

The panel said the prior authorization system was intended not just to make sure treatments are necessary but also to ensure that practices get paid; however, it needs a lot of work. Prior ...
The Virginian-Pilot

Federal government works to rein in prior authorization, a system that frustrates medical staff and patients

When Paula Chestnut needed hip replacement surgery last year, a pre-operative X-ray found irregularities in her chest. As a smoker for 40 years, Chestnut was at high risk for lung cancer. A specialist ...
LAist

Feds Move To Rein In Prior Authorization, A System That Harms and Frustrates Patients

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