Although companies should always report accurate information in their financial statements, this does not always happen, and sometimes the error is not caught until ...

Prior authorization has long been a sticking point between payers and providers, with payers arguing that it’s necessary to control costs and ensure that care is medically necessary and providers ...

A look at the rise of prior authorization certified specialists (PACS)—and their value in improving patient access and outcomes. The healthcare industry constantly grapples with the challenge of ...

Health insurance companies increasingly require medical providers to obtain approval before delivering the costliest forms of treatment to patients. This has helped curb wasteful expenditure but also ...

In the summer of 2015, far from the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes, Thomas Prior was in California with some time to kill. The photographer had just finished an assignment and had another ...

Few healthcare processes feel more entrenched than prior authorization — the insurer approval protocol that’s become shorthand for delays and red tape that complicates care and goodwill between ...

For decades, Americans have endured a healthcare system where access to care is delayed not by clinical need, but by administrative demands with little benefit. Prior authorization, the process ...

On September 14th President Obama changed the filing format of the FAFSA college aid form from using prior year income to prior-prior year income, making parents' 2015 income more important than ever ...