AMA Proposes Medicare Advantage, Medicaid Prior Authorization Reforms

By Michelle M. Stein / November 16, 2018 at 7:00 PM
The American Medical Association is recommending processes and parameters for prior authorization, which the doctor group says are aimed at improving the experience of Medicare and Medicaid patients while making things easier for doctors. “Before expanding prior authorization programs under Medicare and Medicaid, the AMA wants government officials to carefully consider evidence that prior authorization harms patients and burdens health care professionals,” AMA President Barbara McAneny said in a statement. “The new AMA policy identifies opportunities where physicians and government...


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