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UnitedHealthcare’s Changing Approach to Prior Authorizations

Posted by Jacqueline Green on July 13, 2023
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Prior authorizations, one of health insurers’ many “utilization management” techniques, is a hot topic amongst practicing physicians, patients, and regulators, to name a few. The prior-authorization process requires a health insurer to consent to a doctor’s proposed course of treatment for a patient before the insurer agrees to pay for any medical services the physician wishes to provide. The insurer’s consent is allegedly based on whether the prescribed treatment plan is considered “medically necessary” by the insurer.

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