Prior Authorization Episodes
July 25, 2023
Prior Authorization Consequences + Fast-Tracked FDA Approvals
MacKay Jimeson, Acting Executive Director of Patients Rising Now, wants lawmakers to stand behind the accelerated approval program; Jody Quinn, a patient from Massachusetts’ 13th congressional district who lives with psoriatic disease, says ...
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June 29, 2023
Drug Supply Shortage Emergency + PASTEUR Act
Dr. Marion Mass, a pediatrician, has seen up close and personal what supply chain shortages can do; a news article from says that the proportion of oral cancer drugs that needed prior authorization increased from 53 percent to 96 percent between 2010...
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June 1, 2023
UHC Prior Authorization Changes
Dr. Bruce Hennessy, a gastroenterologist with the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, discusses UnitedHealthcare’s decision to require new prior authorization for 61 procedures, including colonoscopies. The Medicaid work requirement...
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April 13, 2023
Alternative Funding Vendors: A New Middleman
Kelly Maynard, President of the Little Hercules Foundation, discusses the growing trend of alternative funding vendors and how their practices are leaving patients to foot the bill; Dr. Mark Lopatin, a rheumatologist, underscores the burdens of prior...
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