Following an emerging industry trend, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan intends to ease prior authorization requirements for medical procedures and surgeries. The initiative the state's largest ...

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan has said that in an effort to expand access and affordability for members, it's further reforming its process to relax approximately 20% of prior authorization ...

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UnitedHealthcare, Kaiser Permanente and other major U.S. health insurers say they want to make it faster and easier for patients to obtain care. Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), a trade association that ...

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan will eliminate 20% of prior authorization requirements, joining big players such as UnitedHealth Group and Cigna in responding to complaints about what providers ...

Major health insurance providers have agreed to reduce the need for prior authorization — the requirement that patients must get approval from insurers before receiving certain treatments or risk ...

Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies aim to improve the prior authorization process to make health care safer, effective and more accessible MOUNTLAKE TERRACE, Wash., June 23, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- As ...

Prior authorization was conceived to rein in health care costs by eliminating duplicative treatment, however, critics worry it has now become a way for insurance companies to save money, often at the ...

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Vermont's largest medical insurance company is making it easier for patients to get cheaper MRIs at the only independent provider of the scans in the state − Vermont Open MRI in South Burlington. Blue ...

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama says it is reforming the process for getting prior authorization for insurance coverage of certain medical procedures and drugs - promising a simpler, more efficient ...