Some medical procedures and treatments require prior authorization from your health insurance company, meaning you'll need pre-approval before you can receive care. This episode, health care reporter ...

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

While the cost of health care remains the dominant worry among Americans, the process of obtaining prior authorization from insurers has become the most burdensome noncost barrier for insured adults ...

In the wake of the boom of artificial intelligence (AI), more healthcare insurance companies are using the technology to speed up the process of evaluating patient medical claims, making it quite ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Bruce Japsen writes about healthcare business and policy. The biggest names in health insurance, including Cigna, CVS Health’s ...

AT FIVE. I WAS SHOCKED BECAUSE, I MEAN, AT THAT POINT, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THE POINT OF HAVING INSURANCE IF SOMETHING WAS DENIED? REBECCA STRAUCH WAS TOLD THAT A PROCEDURE WAS MEDICALLY NECESSARY AND ...

When his health insurance company denied medical claims for his son’s hospital stay in Chicago, Brandon Kennedy got creative. “I called my local union, the health department, health branch of the ...

One New York City doctor has tips on how to deal with health insurance companies "without becoming a fugitive." The killing of the CEO of one of the largest healthcare insurance in the U.S. has ...

Imagine paying insurance premiums for years, expecting financial protection in times of need, only to discover that your insurer has been deemed insolvent. While rare, insurance company failures do ...