These health care hurdles can stand in the way of getting treatment your doctor says you need. Here's what to know about how to deal with them.

Speeding up insurers’ authorization process will deliver care more quickly and cut down on unnecessary red tape.

When Paula Chestnut needed hip replacement surgery last year, a pre-operative X-ray found irregularities in her chest. As a smoker for 40 years, Chestnut was at high risk for lung cancer. A specialist ...

California is one of 31 states that passed laws in 2025 limiting insurance companies’ use of prior authorization to approve or deny medical treatments.

About 32% of Americans say prior authorization requirements are a major burden, more than billing confusion or finding ...

A man with leukemia wrestles with his insurance company for access to medications to manage his excruciating pain. An oncologist is forced to delay needed treatments while arguing for health insurance ...

A Seattle-area cancer patient had a big scare on Friday when she almost missed a critical chemotherapy appointment. Hours before the treatment, she was told she didn’t have insurance authorization.

The New Mexico Office of Superintendent of Insurance urges all health insurance consumers to actively monitor the status of any prior authorization requests submitted on their behalf. Prior ...

A lot has been said about the outpouring of social media posts in the wake of the killing of insurance company CEO Brian Thompson earlier this month, with many of the posts describing horror stories ...

Delivers on promise of single platform to seamlessly address industry need for integrated patient referral management, insurance authorization and scheduling. SCI Solutions, the health industry’s ...

BISMARCK, N.D. (KFYR) - UPDATE (2/26/2025): Sanford Health responded to Your News Leader with the following statement: "Sanford Health, including our health plan, is committed to meeting the ...