comprehensive -WSS

comprehensive

author：comprehensive 2025-09-28 20:32:52 - browse：9357

The Biden administration moved Wednesday to force insurance companies to give specific reasons for denying coverage, and to speed up the pre-approval process in general.

The new rule applies to health insurance companies that offer Medicare, Medicaid, Children’s Health Insurance Program, and Obamacare plans. It concerns so-called prior authorization requests, and will require insurers to return urgent requests within 72 hours and non-urgent requests within seven days.

The changes are a win for patients seeking care, but also for health care providers like hospitals and physicians. Executives from California-based Sutter Health, Massachusetts General Brigham, and others repeatedly cited the rise in insurer denials since the pandemic at last week’s J.P. Morgan Healthcare conference.

Get unlimited access to award-winning journalism and exclusive events.

Subscribe Log In

Previous article： Cancer drug shortages should be causing more outrage
Next article： ADA: All diabetes patients should be screened for liver condition

knowledge

hotspot

WSS

Medical experts exlpore how to eliminate bias in clinical algorithms

The creative science of coining drug names

UnitedHealth starts bidding war with $3.3 billion offer for Amedisys

AltruBio raises $225 million to develop ulcerative colitis drug

Has Bernie Sanders reached the limit of his pharma bullying effort?

Chemotherapy before breast cancer surgery might fuel metastasis

focus

comprehensive

hotspot

Virginia high school admissions case could be legal follow

Readout Newsletter: PTC, Dyne, Rapport, Cytokinetics news

The cancer drug shortage isn’t new — and neither are the solutions

Ukrainian soldiers say they owe lives to US

Drug repurposing or repositioning? The language matters

Welsh Carson private equity firm escapes from FTC antitrust case

Virginia high school admissions case could be legal follow

Belarusian journalist sentenced to 4 years in prison as crackdown continues

Dobbs anniversary: the lost opportunity of abortion as health care

Deliver public health messages at the right time

knowledge

Why do we get seasonal allergies?

The strange history of BMI, the body mass index

The effects of a landmark ruling on DNA ownership are becoming clearer

AltruBio raises $225 million to develop ulcerative colitis drug

Synthetic human embryos? Researchers say term is overblown

Thousands protest in Iraq for a second day over burning of Quran in Sweden

knowledge

knowledge

hotspot

hotspot