UnitedHealthcare, Kaiser Permanente and other major U.S. health insurers say they want to make it faster and easier for patients to obtain care. Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), a trade association that ...

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When Ocean McIntyre started having vision problems at age 34, her health plan took a month to authorize a doctor visit. When pressure in her brain started crushing her optic nerve, she spent three ...

These health care hurdles can stand in the way of getting treatment your doctor says you need. Here's what to know about how to deal with them.

Health plans under major U.S. insurers said they have voluntarily agreed to speed up and reduce prior authorizations – a process that is often a major pain point for patients and providers for getting ...

Changes to health insurance don't come overnight, but they're coming. A new report says a group of insurers has committed to making it easier for some patients to get appropriate care by improving the ...

As health insurance companies across the nation use artificial intelligence more often to decide what gets covered, patients and doctors may be getting left in the dark about the algorithms that deny ...

WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) - Major health insurance companies, representing about 75% of covered Americans, are pledging to speed up the "prior authorization" process, Dr. Mehmet Oz announced Monday. "It ...

Both red and blue states are fighting against the use of artificial intelligence in health insurance determinations — but Trump disagrees.

Learn how reinstating a lapsed insurance policy works, including grace periods, requirements, and the impact on premiums to ...