Radiology Business May 18, 2023
Lawmakers have introduced nearly 90 bills across 30 states to address “time-wasting, care-delaying” prior authorization policies impacting imaging and other care, the American Medical Association reported recently.
More than a dozen proposals are still being considered this legislative session, in states such as Arkansas, California, New Jersey, North Carolina and Washington. The AMA has lobbied aggressively in recent years to address prior authorization, a tactic payers have increasingly deployed to control the use of medical imaging and interventional services.
“The momentum behind prior-authorization reform feels powerful right now, with dozens of bills in state legislatures this year and advocates laying the groundwork for next year,” AMA President Jack Resneck Jr., MD, said in a May 10 news update from the...
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