AHIP: Plans Already Working To Improve Prior Authorization

By Michelle M. Stein / August 19, 2019 at 2:41 PM
America’s Health Insurance Plans defends prior authorization and tells CMS it is working with other stakeholders to streamline and improve the process -- though, unlike providers, the group doesn’t offer any suggestions for how CMS could help. AHIP points to a consensus statement it penned last year with providers as one way it is working to improve the process, but providers are asking CMS to implement the consensus statement’s policy goals. CMS in June asked stakeholders about the burdens of...


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