The controversial prior authorization policy for colonoscopies that UnitedHealthcare wanted to put into effect today will not take place, the company said last night in a statement. Instead UHC wants ...

Aetna will roll back a broad pre-certification policy for cataract surgeries that it launched last summer, the insurer tells Fierce Healthcare exclusively. Under the program, Aetna required prior ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . After a new prior authorization policy, fills of a 30-day prescription did not occur until day 49.2. Overall, ...

Provider groups shared varied reactions to changes that insurance giant UnitedHealthcare is making to its policies for coverage of various gastroenterology procedures, including colonoscopies. In ...

Using Medicare part D claims data from 2010 to 2020, we studied beneficiaries regularly filling one of 11 oral anticancer drugs, defined as three 30-day fills in 120 days preceding the plan's prior ...

Dr. Rajeev Jain takes issue with a new policy from insurance giant UnitedHealthcare requiring advance notification for procedures like colonoscopies. Bet_Noire / Getty Images/iStockphoto Insurers ...