Aetna will roll back a broad pre-certification policy for cataract surgeries that it launched last summer, the insurer tells Fierce Healthcare exclusively. Under the program, Aetna required prior ...
When stakeholders think about prior authorization in the Medicare program, they usually focus on its use in Medicare Advantage (MA), and not how it is used in traditional Medicare. In fact, a few ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . After a new prior authorization policy, fills of a 30-day prescription did not occur until day 49.2. Overall, ...
UnitedHealthcare, facing a storm of backlash from docs over its decision to implement a policy that would require prior authorization for some surveillance and diagnostic colonoscopies, is pushing ...
After weeks of protest from physician organizations and patients, UnitedHealthcare has put a controversial new prior authorization policy for gastroenterology procedures on hold. The policy, which ...
Dr. Rajeev Jain takes issue with a new policy from insurance giant UnitedHealthcare requiring advance notification for procedures like colonoscopies. Bet_Noire / Getty Images/iStockphoto Insurers ...
Provider groups shared varied reactions to changes that insurance giant UnitedHealthcare is making to its policies for coverage of various gastroenterology procedures, including colonoscopies. In ...