UnitedHealthcare, the largest private payer in the U.S., plans to eliminate almost 20% of its current prior authorizations starting this summer, the company announced Wednesday. The decision, which ...

UnitedHealthcare plans to cut back on its use of prior authorization, removing procedures and medical devices from its list of services requiring signoff and reducing the number of authorizations from ...

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 ...

UnitedHealthcare now requires members to obtain prior authorization before undergoing physical and occupational therapy at multidisciplinary offices and outpatient hospitals in four states. 1. The ...

While there's a lot of buzz around prior authorization, it applies to fewer than 2% of claims. Prior authorization ensures care is both safe and aligned with the most up-to-date clinical guidelines.

Prior authorizations, one of health insurers’ many “utilization management” techniques, is a hot topic amongst practicing physicians, patients, and regulators, to name a few. The prior-authorization ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . As the effective date of UnitedHealthcare’s prior authorization policy for gastroenterology endoscopy services ...

As tens of millions of Americans struggle with gastrointestinal diseases such as colorectal cancer and ulcerative colitis, health insurance company UnitedHealthcare (UHC) is making life more ...

(CNN) — On the day when UnitedHealthcare requirement was set to start a new requirement for endoscopy services, including colonoscopies, the insurance company shifted to a different approach.