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Panelists discuss financial obstacles, out-of-pocket costs, prior authorizations, and the inpatient/outpatient care paradigm.

Insurers should immediately end their overreach into medical decision-making and work with medical providers and their patients to ensure timely care for all.

Health insurers increasingly use prior authorization to review care decisions. This leads to delays and administrative burden. Policy fixes are addressing the problem.

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About half of Medicare Advantage members left their plans by the end of five years, according to a 2023 study from Brown University School of Public Health. Most switched to

As the role of AI in healthcare settings continues to evolve and generate debate, here are seven things to keep an eye on.

AI can improve the prior authorization process, but there needs to be more transparency, experts said during a recent panel held by KFF.

CMS has put several requirements to achieve greater transparency into the new Prior Authorization and Interoperability Rule. 

FTC Chairwoman Lina Khan discusses the impact of past policy choices on todays healthcare challenges and the FTCs efforts to promote competition.

The Mississippi Legislature passed a bill Tuesday to create portals and standard timelines for insurance companies to give prior authorizations on medical procedures.