Massachusetts regulators would eliminate many prior authorization rules, speed urgent approvals and form a working group to ...

Health plan executives expect AI to automate prior authorizations, improving turnaround times amid CMS regulatory changes, ...

Prior authorizations have long been hated by many, but insurers call them an essential tool they use to control spending.

BOSTON— Massachusetts health insurers will be required to streamline, and in some cases scrap altogether, pre-approval for many routine medical procedures and medications under proposed new state ...

A man with leukemia wrestles with his insurance company for access to medications to manage his excruciating pain. An oncologist is forced to delay needed treatments while arguing for health insurance ...

Governor Maura Healey announced a significant reform to health insurance prior authorization rules aimed at streamlining patient access to health care services, amid ongoing federal funding cuts.

Governor Healey initiates reforms to streamline Massachusetts' health care system, focusing on affordability and ...

Governor Kathy Hochul outlined a legislative agenda to lower the cost of living, streamline government bureaucracy, and make ...

The American health insurance system is no longer a neutral mechanism for spreading risk or paying for care. It has become a ...

As health insurers increasingly turn to AI, researchers explore the promise of efficiency—and the risk of amplifying existing ...