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Residents in the city's eastern suburbs should expect a knock on the door this weekend from a contender for a seat on the Hamilton City Council.
Healthcare professionals across the state, including the Chief Medical Officer at OSF St. Joseph Medical Center in Bloomington, are hoping to change how insurance goes about approving requests for medical treatment. Lawmakers want to change how people get insurance company approval before medical treatment. Advocates say the current process harms patients. It’s a reintroduced bill after the previous one stalled during the pandemic slowdown in legislative work. The bureaucratic term is "prior authorization." Doctors have to clear certain prescriptions and procedures with insurance companies ...
Jeff Smudde / WCBU Lawmakers want to change how people get insurance company approval before medical treatment. Advocates say the current process harms patients. It’s a reintroduced bill after the previous one stalled during the pandemic slowdown in legislative work. The bureaucratic term is "prior authorization." Doctors have to clear certain prescriptions and procedures with insurance companies before they go ahead and help patients. The bill would force insurers to put information on their websites about prior authorization requirements and restrictions for specific procedures. It a...