AI And Health Insurance Prior Authorization: Regulators Need To Step Up Oversight

AI is increasingly being used by health insurers ... for private insurance plans in the individual and fully insured group markets. And states have already identified prior authorization as ... Read More

Minnesota legislation targets health insurers' power to block medical care, medications

A leader of Minnesota's health insurance industry said he supports the expansion of prior authorization deadlines to state programs ... every week on paperwork if insurers are going to back ... Read More

AMA adopts new prior authorization reform policies

The policies address what AMA sees as the need for greater oversight of health insurers' use of prior authorization controls. Jeff Lagasse, Editor Improving the Patient Financial Experience Throughout ... Read More

Pritzker signs law banning health insurance companies' 'predatory tactics,' including step therapy

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Wednesday signed into law measures to block what he called insurance companies' “predatory tactics to make an extra dime” by shortchanging ... Read More

Pritzker signs health insurance reform measures

Pritzker also signed House Bill 2499, which bans the sale of short-term, limited-duration insurance plans in Illinois- policies Pritzker and other critics refer to as "junk insurance" because they are ... Read More

Illinois lets insurance director reject large group health rate filings

A bill Gov. Jay Pritzker signed last week sets provider network standards and bans "step therapy" and prior authorization reviews for emergency mental health care. Read More

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Genetic testing should be included in health insurance reform

Too often, insurers deny coverage for genetic tests that have been established as a standard of modern health care and can have a significant impact on people's lives. Read More

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Distrust of health experts and credulity towards misinformation can kill. For example, during the COVID-19 crisis, high-profile health experts received death threats while misinformation went ... Read More

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June 12, 2023 — Women who used combined contraceptive pills were at greater risk of developing depression than women who did not, according to a new study. Contraceptive pills increased women's ... Read More

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