Physicians Practice November 26, 2025
Keith A. Reynolds Fact checked by: Chris Mazzolini

Prior authorization is draining staff time and slowing care. These six technology strategies will help practices streamline approvals and reduce payer-related bottlenecks.

Prior authorization remains one of the most stubborn administrative hurdles in modern medicine, routinely slowing care, frustrating clinicians and overwhelming practice staff who are already stretched thin. In recent years, physicians have described the process as everything from “a full-time job layered on top of patient care” to “a bureaucratic maze designed to delay treatment.” Those concerns aren’t theoretical: A Medical Economics analysis found that prior authorization adds significant cost and disruption to daily operations, often forcing practices to...

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