The Eden Prairie- based health care giant next year may also exit portions of the“ Obamacare” market where individuals use Affordable Care Act tax credits to buy coverage. A UnitedHealth spokesman ...

A new survey reveals widespread consumer frustration with prior authorization, highlighting the need for urgent reform in ...

Preauthorization is about to enter the lives of many seniors who have chosen traditional Medicare over MA, write former CMS ...

Allegheny Health Network has implemented touchless prior authorization using AI automation technology in a partnership with Humata Health, a physician-led company backed by investors such as Optum ...

Optum said this will equal about 10% of total pharmacy prior auth requests. It's already eliminated the requirements for about 140 medications so far, according to the announcement.

Nearly 1 in 5 adults with health insurance said they experienced a prior authorization problem in the past year, according to a 2023 survey from KFF, a health policy nonprofit.

June 23, 2025 Health insurers commit to making prior authorizations easier and less common By 2027, the submission process will be standardized and most approvals will be made in real time ...

Humata Health gets $25M from Optum, Blue Ventures Humata Health, a prior authorization startup, closed an unlabeled $25 million funding round. Blue Venture Funds, a venture capital fund associated ...