The largest U.S. health insurer said it will eliminate approval requirements for some treatments, including select outpatient ...

The planned cuts come as payers face ongoing pressure to reduce prior authorization use. For example, a recent initiative led ...

UnitedHealthcare announced on Tuesday that it is making sweeping changes to prior authorization requirements. The company ...

UnitedHealth said Tuesday it is planning to slash required authorizations by nearly a third later this year – making it ...

UnitedHealthcare said it was cutting about a third of its required prior authorizations, easing a process many patients and doctors have long criticized.

Wash., found procedures in the state that were previously approved in two weeks now take four to eight weeks to be authorized ...

Insurer will reduce required authorizations by 30%, easing access to some tests, surgeries and therapy.

One physician is making the case that prior authorization for procedures should be reported to insurance plans as a CPT code—though that proposal has been withdrawn for now. Alex Shteynshlyuger, M.D., ...

UnitedHealth has rescinded a plan to require prior authorization for colonoscopies and other endoscopic procedures, following backlash from physician groups. UnitedHealth, which operates the biggest ...

UnitedHealthcare is eliminating authorization requirements for 30% of healthcare services that previously required insurer ...