Several states have eased restrictions on prior authorizations and early-refill requirements to help Medicaid beneficiaries afford and access prescription drugs during the pandemic, according to an audit released by the HHS Office of the Inspector General Thursday (Oct. 14). Since the start of the public health emergency in March 2020, the pandemic has limited patients' ability to access in-person visits with physicians and to travel to retail pharmacies to obtain their prescriptions. CMS had issued a series of waivers and...