The Medicare pre-authorization system, originally created to control costs and prevent fraud or overuse, is set for major changes in the coming years. These reforms will differ significantly between ...

What's the difference between Medicare and Medicare Advantage? What does pre-authorization for healthcare mean? Those are just a couple of the questions Yahoo Finance Senior Columnist Kerry Hannon ...

Federal health officials defended a demonstration program that requires Medicare pre-authorization for power wheelchairs in a Senate hearing on Wednesday. The demonstration program requires Medicare ...

Federal health officials at a recent Senate hearing defended a demonstration program that requires Medicare pre-authorization for power wheelchairs. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ officials ...

A spotlight has been put on Medicare Advantage denials for claims and pre-authorizations following the release of an Office of the Inspector General report that found MA plans denied requests that met ...

Seniors who opted for private Medicare insurance plans should not be shy about pushing back on denials for pre-authorizations, according to a new study. Of the 35 million requests by Medicare ...

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