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Hospitals around the country have been dropping Medicare Advantage plans due to issues with prior authorizations and denials.

Slightly more than half of Medicare-eligible people are enrolled in Medicare Advantage — but hospitals around the country have been dropping Medicare Advantage plans due to issues with prior authorizations

Slightly more than half of Medicare-eligible people are enrolled in Medicare Advantage — but hospitals around the country have been dropping Medicare Advantage plans due to issues with prior authorizations

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 it would reduce the use of its prior authorization process by 20% for some nonurgent surgeries and procedures. Starting this summer, hospitals and physicians will get coverage

UnitedHealth Group and Cigna are relaxing prior authorization processes days before federal regulators are expected to finalize an overhaul of their administrative processes.