Becker's Healthcare November 1, 2023
In August, UnitedHealthcare announced plans to reduce 20% of its prior authorization requirements for its members and member physicians beginning on Sept. 1.
On Sept. 1, the payer began the first stage of its two-phased approach, eliminating codes for UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage, UnitedHealthcare commercial, UnitedHealthcare Oxford and UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange plan members.
While UHC said it was making the change in an “effort to simplify the healthcare experience for our members and network health care professionals,” many physicians are skeptical of the changes.
Two surgeons told Becker’s that UHC is simply cutting codes that the majority of physicians never use in a move that is solely for optics.
“The codes that were eliminated are some of...
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