Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System's agreements with Aetna will expire on April 15, affecting commercial and Medicare Advantage plans. Officials with Spartanburg Regional said even if you have ...

The merger of the Patient Advocate Foundation and the Patient Access Network Foundation will allow them to better serve low- and middle-income patients facing rising health care costs, leaders say.

Health insurers and providers are debating the proposed prior authorization reforms, with insurers warning of increased costs ...

Routine annual changes to Medicare and Medicare Advantage plans, combined with sweeping federal spending cuts, mean that 2026 has developed into a turbulent year for the health insurance industry.

Speeding up insurers’ authorization process will deliver care more quickly and cut down on unnecessary red tape. Americans increasingly need a permission slip from their insurance company before they ...

BOSTON (WWLP) – Governor Maura Healey announced a significant reform to health insurance prior authorization rules aimed at streamlining patient access to health care services, amid ongoing federal ...

Massachusetts insurance regulators unveiled sweeping prior authorization reforms that would scrap pre-approval requirements for "many routine and essential" health care services, Gov. Maura Healey ...

The National Council of Insurance Legislators (NCOIL) has adopted the Prior Authorization Reform Model Act at its 2025 Annual National Meeting in Atlanta, Georgia. The Model, sponsored by Mississippi ...

While the headaches and life-altering results of insurance pre-authorizations are not new to physicians or patients, lately things have been getting worse. Patients are sending more and more messages ...

Recently, we put together a template to help medical professionals explain a confusing process. Readers gave us very pointed feedback, so we updated it. By Ron Lieber Two months ago, I shared my tale ...

The authorization for the largest residential flood insurance program in the country, the FEMA-administered National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), lapsed on September 30, freezing the program amid ...