While the cost of health care remains the dominant worry among Americans, the process of obtaining prior authorization from ...

A man with leukemia wrestles with his insurance company for access to medications to manage his excruciating pain. An oncologist is forced to delay needed treatments while arguing for health insurance ...

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 ...

A Seattle-area cancer patient had a big scare on Friday when she almost missed a critical chemotherapy appointment. Hours before the treatment, she was told she didn’t have insurance authorization.

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 ...

Massachusetts insurance regulators unveiled sweeping prior authorization reforms that would scrap pre-approval requirements for "many routine and essential" health care services, Gov. Maura Healey ...

State lawmakers want to crack down on an insurance practice that requires people to wait for approval for medical treatments. The practice is known as "prior authorization." Patients often have to ...

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 ...

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

BISMARCK, N.D. (KFYR) - UPDATE (2/26/2025): Sanford Health responded to Your News Leader with the following statement: ...

Many people, at one time or another, have needed to get approval from their insurance company before receiving certain treatments, medications, or procedures to ensure they’re covered. Prior ...