Skeptics note that efforts to streamline the much-despised prior authorization system have failed twice before.

Now, federal officials say help may be on the way. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that ...

UnitedHealth continued to be the largest US insurer by market capitalization during the second quarter, even as it ...

The changes to prior authorization will be phased in over the next year and a half, the companies said. In all, insurers said the changes would apply to 257 million Americans covered by private ...

Nearly seven months after the fatal shooting of an insurance CEO in New York drew widespread attention to health insurers’ practice of denying or delaying doctor-ordered care, the largest U.S.

Health insurers issue millions of prior authorization denials every year, leaving many patients stuck in a convoluted appeals ...

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The man charged with killing four University of Idaho students in 2022 pleaded guilty this week. Here's what we learned from the hearing.

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Governor Josh Shapiro’s administration released data Wednesday that they say shows how many Pennsylvanians, by congressional ...

He admitted to the slayings before entering a formal guilty plea in a deal with prosecutors that will allow him to avoid the ...

The company is adding new products treating a range of issues, including HIV, hypertension and behavioral health.