A lot has been said about the outpouring of social media posts in the wake of the killing of insurance company CEO Brian Thompson earlier this month, with many of the posts describing horror stories ...

Doctors are cheering the new federal rule announced Wednesday which will speed up health insurance company decisions on whether to authorize or deny medical care or treatments for millions of patients ...

"Medically necessary" is often a four-letter word for patients.

BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. — By the time Eric Tennant was diagnosed in 2023 with a rare cancer of the bile ducts, the disease had spread to his bones. He weighed 97 pounds and wasn’t expected to survive a year ...

The New Mexico Office of Superintendent of Insurance urges all health insurance consumers to actively monitor the status of any prior authorization requests submitted on their behalf. Prior ...

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services put forth a new set of rules to curb private insurance's use of prior authorization. These new rules will go into effect in 2026 and will impact care for the ...

There is a good reason for health insurers to occasionally require prior authorization for medical treatment. If a doctor ...

The Mississippi Senate passed a bill Wednesday that would streamline the process for doctors in the state to receive prior authorization on procedures from insurance companies. Sen. Walter Michel, R, ...