Although companies should always report accurate information in their financial statements, this does not always happen, and sometimes the error is not caught until ...
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 ...
A year ago, the fatal shooting of a health insurance executive on a Manhattan sidewalk unleashed many Americans’ pent-up frustration with insurers’ delays and denials of care. UnitedHealthcare CEO ...
Prior authorization is a common utilization-management tool among Medicare Advantage plans. However, service-, area-, and carrier-level patterns suggest variation in how plans use prior authorization.
Editor’s Note: This story was published last year, before the murder of UnitedHealthcare’s chief executive, which is drawing renewed attention to how the insurance industry denies care to patients.
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 ...
Recently, we put together a template to help medical professionals explain a confusing process. Readers gave us very pointed feedback, so we updated it. By Ron Lieber Two months ago, I shared my tale ...