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 ...

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.

"Medically necessary" is often a four-letter word for patients.

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

As doctors, we do our best to spend time with patients and make medical decisions that are best for their health. These days, insurance companies are making it increasingly difficult to do both. They ...

Colin J. Haller was smart, funny, ambitious and athletic. And he was just 25 when he was diagnosed with metastatic melanoma. The Maryland native had already launched a successful internet marketing ...

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services put forth a new set of rules to curb private insurance's use of prior authorization. These new rules will go into effect in 2026 and will impact care for the ...

Half of cancer patients who needed prior insurance authorization for their care had to directly involve themselves in the process, researchers reported at the American Society of Clinical Oncology’s ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. David Kindness is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and an expert in the fields of ...

UnitedHealth Group and Cigna are revamping their prior authorization processes as new federal regulations aiming to ease the burden on providers and patients loom. UnitedHealthcare will eliminate ...