Prior authorization is the most burdensome regulatory issue facing medical groups, with 89% saying it is very or extremely burdensome, according to a Nov. 13 report from the Medical Group Management ...

UnitedHealth Group and Cigna are revamping their prior authorization processes as new federal regulations aiming to ease the burden on providers and patients loom. UnitedHealthcare will eliminate ...

While major provider organizations welcomed insurers' pledge earlier this week to reform prior authorization, these groups withheld praise without yet seeing the efforts bear fruit. Bobby Mukkamala, M ...

Ahead of a final rule that would limit the amount of time insurers have to approve prior authorization requests and would require an electronic, FHIR API standard, UnitedHealth Group on Wednesday said ...

Healthcare groups are sounding cautiously optimistic about Monday's announcement from HHS that it had gotten voluntary agreement from major insurers to try to lessen the burdens of prior authorization ...

Enrollment in Medicare Advantage surpassed that of traditional Medicare for the first time last year, with 30.19 million people enrolled in a private healthcare plan at that time. The numbers have ...

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 20, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- SamaCare, the leading prior authorization platform for specialty practices, today announced the launch of SamaCare Plus, a next-generation AI offering that ...