Managed Healthcare Executive May 25, 2022
New survey from American Medical Association identifies the continued burden of prior authorizations on physicians.
Prior authorization (PA) is a common way for health plans to manage costs because the process requires healthcare professionals obtain health plan approval that a medication or service will be covered before it can be delivered to the patient.
The results of a new survey from the American Medical Association (AMA) have found that despite evidence of the harms and burdens of PA, it continues to be widely used. AMA has just released the results of the December 2021 survey of more than 1,000 practicing physicians.
“Waiting on a health plan to authorize necessary medical treatment is too often a hazard to patient health,” AMA...
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