Tag: PA

  • SURVEY: Prior Authorization Obstacles Unnecessarily Delay Patient Access to Cancer Treatments

    ARLINGTON, Va., April 25, 2019 — Restrictive prior authorization practices cause unnecessary delays and interference in care decisions for cancer patients, according to a new survey of nearly 700 radiation oncologists — physicians who treat cancer patients using radiation– released today by the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO). Nearly all radiation oncologists (93%) said that their…

  • Medical Association Signs on to Letter Targeting PA Requirements

    Medical Association Signs on to Letter Targeting PA Requirements

    The Medical Association recently joined the American Medical Association and 85 other national medical groups and state medical associations in sending a letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid  Services to urge CMS to provide guidance to Medicare Advantage plans on prior authorization processes through its 2020 Call Letter. In the jointly signed letter,…

  • Medical Association Joins Coalition for PA Reform

    Medical Association Joins Coalition for PA Reform

    Responding to unreasonable hurdles for patients seeking care, the Medical Association has joined a coalition including the American Medical Association and 16 other health care organizations urging health plans, benefit managers and others to reform prior authorization requirements imposed on medical tests, procedures, devices and drugs. The coalition, which represents hospitals, medical groups, patients, pharmacists…

  • Between Doctors & Patients: Prior Authorizations

    Between Doctors & Patients: Prior Authorizations

    Physicians face various regulatory and administrative hurdles in a day, but few are as frustrating, or as expensive, as prior authorizations, or PAs. Commercial insurance companies, Medicaid, Medicare and other third-party interests use PAs to reduce costs. This leaves physicians and their staff wondering when the practice of medicine became more about the dollars and…