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

A Wall Street Journal investigation found the federal government paid insurers an estimated $44 billion from 2018 through ...

The announcement on prior authorization comes months after the killing of UnitedHealthcare executive Brian Thompson, which ...

Now, federal officials say help may be on the way. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that several of the country’s largest insurers have pledged to overhaul the ...

The nation's major health insurers are promising to scale back and improve a widely despised practice that leads to care ...

A Historic Plunge in a Healthcare Titan UnitedHealth Group (NYSE:UNH) is the largest U.S. health insurer by market share. Yet ...

Prior authorization refers to when medical providers have to get approval from insurers before performing a service. Patients ...

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

Top officials in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) are touting a multipronged effort from major payers to ...

UnitedHealthcare, Blue Cross Blue Shield and other health insurers plan fixes to prior authorization, a common source of consumer complaints.

In recent years, health insurers ramped up the practice of requiring doctors to get their approval before tests and ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Dr. Mehmet Oz announced the health insurance changes during a Monday afternoon press conference.