Optum Rx, the pharmacy ... prior authorizations for home health services, applying to Medicare Advantage and dual special needs plans in more than 30 states. UnitedHealthcare’s prior ...

Prior authorization ensures care is both safe and aligned with the most up-to-date clinical guidelines. UnitedHealthcare is reducing prior authorization requirements with new initiatives to ease ...

"The prior authorization program, which I'm responsible for, always goes through continuous improvements. All of our criteria sets are reviewed by our independent [pharmacy and therapeutics ...

Optum Rx is moving to eliminate prior authorizations on dozens of drugs, the UnitedHealth-owned pharmacy benefit manager ... drugs in the future. Prior authorization requires doctors to get ...

While UnitedHealthcare (UHC) and Cigna announced reductions in the number of services that require prior authorization in 2023, only 16% of physicians who work with UHC and 16% of physicians who ...

Optum Rx — which includes the pharmacy benefit ... Group's insurance arm, UnitedHealthcare, the insurance industry as a whole is facing a reckoning over its use of prior authorizations.