Insurers’ Delays in Approving Medical Care Persist, Despite Promises
Doctors and patients complain that the controversial practice of prior authorization for treatment and procedures is still widespread.
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Doctors and patients complain that the controversial practice of prior authorization for treatment and procedures is still widespread.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' experimental WISeR Model has Medicare patients waiting two to four times longer for procedures, according to a Washington senators...
Third report in Black Book's five-month Nurses Week research series warns that prior authorization, denials, formulary barriers, and opaque payer decisions are creating hidden nurs...
A federal agency has dramatically slowed its review of visa waiver applications that allow international physicians completing U.S. training programs to stay in the country to work...
The longer someone waits to seek help, the more their condition progresses, the harder it becomes to intervene, and the easier it becomes to keep waiting. Delay compounds. That’s w...
Medicare can feel incredibly complicated to navigate, especially with new rule changes rolling out every year. Some of this year’s changes have more seniors worried...
If you’ve been to an emergency room lately, you may have noticed longer waits, crowded hallways, and delayed care. What used to feel like immediate...
MONDAY, April 6, 2026 — A look at millions of medical imaging orders finds Americans are waiting twice as long now for their results as they did in 2014, with the biggest surge in...
When experienced staff leave, the inexperienced people who replace them need years to gain confidenceVisiting the magnificent Angkor Wat temple in Cambodia, my elderly dad resolute...
I used to think health care finance was mostly about numbers. Then I worked inside the financial operations of a health care organization and realized how much patient care depends...
The time from outpatient imaging to interpretation by a radiologist more than doubled over the past decade, and most of that increase occurred in 2022 and 2023, which are the most...
The extra 90 days is not a rounding error A 90-day credentialing timeline and a 180-day credentialing timeline can sound like two versions of the same problem. They are not. The se...
The extra 90 days is not a rounding error A 90-day credentialing timeline and a 180-day credentialing timeline can sound like two versions of the same problem. They are not. The se...
The extra 90 days is not a rounding error A 90-day credentialing timeline and a 180-day credentialing timeline can sound like two versions of the same problem. They are not. The se...
Indiana nursing homes are owed hundreds of millions in back payments for services provided under the state's Medicaid program for long-term care due to delays in federal approval o...
New rules mandating greater disability access in healthcare are about to take effect, but recent actions suggest that federal officials may be mulling a delay. The post Deadline Lo...
Hospitals often rely on metrics like length of stay, bed turnover, and patient throughput to guide operational improvement. While these indicators are essential, they reflect outco...
Insurance red tape is delaying care, driving up costs and consuming hours of physicians' time — and patients are paying the price. Read the story on VTDigger here: When prior auth...
State data shows more than 40,000 pregnant Texans waited more than a month for the state to process their Medicaid applications — with more than half waiting more than 60 days. An...
For years, seniors and doctors have complained that prior authorization delays can feel like a second illness layered on top of an existing medical problem....
HN Summary • Delays beyond 48 hours for hip fracture surgery in older adults significantly increase the risk of death, complications and longer hospital stays. • New Canadian Inst...
Hospital systems in the spotlight This week’s main healthcare item is the much-anticipated House Ways and Means Committee hearing with hospital system executives. The hearing foll...
Research from Swansea University has highlighted critical gaps in care for rheumatology patients in Wales, including a shortage of key diagnostic services, delayed referrals and li...
Millions of seniors enrolled in Medicare Advantage plans have spent years frustrated by delayed prior authorization decisions for medical care, scans, procedures, and treatments. S...
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