Insurers should immediately end their overreach into medical decision-making and work with medical providers and their patients to ensure timely care for all.
As the role of AI in healthcare settings continues to evolve and generate debate, here are seven things to keep an eye on.
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At the Payer Insights sessions on Day 1 of ViVE 2024, a panel on prior authorization offered compelling insights from speakers who shared the positive developments in this area after years of mounting frustration. Speakers also shared challenges as they work with providers to figure out how policy developments and technology will work in practice.
AI can improve the prior authorization process, but there needs to be more transparency, experts said during a recent panel held by KFF.
CMS finalized a rule on Wednesday that included set deadlines for affected payers to complete prior authorization requests. Several organizations came out in support of the rule.
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At the Payer Insights sessions on Day 1 of ViVE 2024, a panel on prior authorization offered compelling insights from speakers who shared the positive developments in this area after years of mounting frustration. Speakers also shared challenges as they work with providers to figure out how policy developments and technology will work in practice.
Nearly half of physicians are equally excited and concerned about the use of AI in their field, according to a new AMA survey. Those who felt optimistic about AI cited reduced administrative burden as the number one benefit they’re seeking. Patient privacy and the impact to the patient-physician relationship were the most common reasons physicians cited for having reservations about AI.
In a letter to CMS, four senators asked for better data collection on the practices of Medicare Advantage plans, including when it comes to prior authorization.
CMS proposed a new rule that would set a flat amount — $632 — that MA plans can pay agents and brokers when they help enroll a person into any MA plan. The proposed rule also addresses behavioral health access and prior authorization.
During a panel at MedCity News’ INVEST Digital Health conference, three executives representing a provider, a payer and a technology vendor shared their thoughts on how to heal the rocky relationship between hospitals and health plans. For instance, one leader encouraged payers and providers not to be afraid to give up some control, and another urged them to build comprehensive risk models.
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Cigna removed 25% of medical services from prior authorization requirements. This represents more than 600 codes, and includes 100 surgical codes, nearly 200 genetic testing codes, durable medical equipment, orthoses and prosthetics and other services, said Dr. Scott Josephs, chief medical officer of Cigna Healthcare.
U.S. Representative Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-New Jersey) announced that he is looking into high prior authorization denial rates by Medicaid managed care health plans. It follows a report by the Office of Inspector General that found that Medicaid MCOs denied one out of every eight prior authorization requests in 2019.
We need a streamlined approach where stakeholders can perform all critical tasks — from enrollment and patient consent to prior authorization, from real-time benefit checks to financial assistance — on a central platform powered by a business rules engine, automated workflows, and real-time analytics.
Medicaid managed care organizations deny prior authorization requests at high rates, according to a recent report by the Office of Inspector General. Of the 115 MCOs the OIG analyzed, 12 had prior authorization denial rates above 25%.
In a recent interview, Dr. Jesse Ehrenfeld, the president-elect at the American Medical Association, outlined how the major pain point of physicians has gone from the EHR to prior authorizations requests. But none of the individual efforts that payers are making is enough.