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CAQH CORE approves 2-day limit for health plans to act on prior authorizations
Knowledge Center A group that represents multiple industry stakeholders has voted to set a two-day time limit on how quickly health plans must act on prior authorizations. CAQH CORE, a group that includes 110 organizations representing health plans, providers, vendors and government entities, voted to set a two-day limit on how quickly health plans must request additional…
Read MorePrior authorizations are a pain point for both doctors and patients, survey finds
Knowledge Center A major pain point for physicians is also one—sometimes literally—for patients. In separate recent surveys, 84% of providers reported the number of medical services that require prior authorization has increased, as well as the cost for physician practices, which also continued to increase—up 60% in 2019 to manually generate a request to insurers. And 62% of providers reported they…
Read MoreMore medical services now require prior authorizations, according to physicians
Knowledge Center In a recent survey, 84% of providers reported the number of medical services that require prior authorization has increased. And 62% of providers reported that they do not have the technology to evaluate whether a prior authorization is required for a medical service, diagnostic test or medication without initiating a prior authorization request, according to…
Read MoreWEDI: Tech limitations, lack of adoption and standards causing prior auth issues
Knowledge Center The use of technology has made limited inroads in reducing the impact of prior authorization, even as requests for this documentation increases, according to a national group’s recent survey. WEDI—the Workgroup for Electronic Interchange—says its research suggests that even the use of mandated standards have done little to curb in the impact the…
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Read MoreWEDI Shares Results of Prior Authorization Survey in Testimony to NCVHS
Knowledge Center Technology limitations, lack of stakeholder adoption and lack of mandated standards identified by health care providers, payers and vendors WASHINGTON, D.C. — January 23, 2020 — WEDI, the nation’s leading nonprofit authority on the use of health IT to create efficiencies in health care information exchange and a trusted advisor to the U.S.…
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