The New York Times on Tuesday examined how some physicians and pharmacists maintain that many medications covered by Medicare prescription drug plans are "not readily available" to beneficiaries ...

Enrollees in Medicaid plans employing prior authorization policies for opioid medications may have lower rates of opioid medication abuse and overdose. ABSTRACTObjectives: The US opioid medication ...

Prior authorizations for medication need to be refocused on their intended use: determining whether new high-cost drugs are appropriate, and not as a cost-saving tool being applied to an increasing ...

Obtaining prior authorization for prescription medications is a time-consuming process for prescribers, patients and pharmacists that currently requires phone calls, faxes and hard-copy request forms.

Cleveland-based MetroHealth has improved the speed and success of its medication prior authorization process with the help of AI, cutting submission times from 18 hours to around five minutes and ...

Effectively addressing prior authorization challenges as part of a company’s core sales and marketing tactics can yield tangible and substantial benefits, writes Dan Rubin. Talk with busy physicians ...