Insurance companies deny cancer treatment claims for several reasons: a therapy may be deemed experimental or not yet ...

Patients may not notice major changes right away, as the state works with insurers and medical offices to enact them.

In its announcement Tuesday, UnitedHealthcare said prior authorization is required for only 2% of its medical services, and 92 percent of submitted requests are approved in less t ...

UnitedHealthcare is taking a big step to make healthcare access easier.

UnitedHealth's insurance unit on Friday said it would eliminate prior approval requirements for about two-thirds of ​its ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Prior authorization: For patients and doctors, insurance can be an unfair game A man with leukemia wrestles with his insurance ...

Insurance giant UnitedHealthcare said it will drastically cut down its prior authorization requirements for pediatric care, ...

As doctors, we do our best to spend time with patients and make medical decisions that are best for their health. These days, insurance companies are making it increasingly difficult to do both. They ...

The 2025 Commonwealth Fund Health Care Affordability Survey finds that for many Americans, having health insurance is no ...

Patients in Iowa will soon no longer need to wonder if their health insurance companies will approve certain care their ...

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 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 ...