Healthcare Finance News June 17, 2024
The policies address what AMA sees as the need for greater oversight of health insurers’ use of prior authorization controls.
Physician and medical student leaders at the Annual Meeting of the American Medical Association House of Delegates have approved policies aimed at fighting for greater insurer accountability and transparency regarding prior authorization requirements – issues which the AMA said are denying necessary care for patients and adding administrative burdens for physicians.
The policies adopted by the House of Delegates address what it sees as the need for greater oversight of health insurers’ use of prior authorization controls on patient access to care.
WHAT’S THE IMPACT?
According to the AMA, health plans continue to inappropriately impose bureaucratic prior authorization policies that...