Cigna is the latest health insurer to roll back prior authorization requirements, announcing Thursday that it will no longer require the approvals for nearly 25% of medical services. Cigna plans to ...

Prior authorization — in which a patient needs approval from the health plan before proceeding with a medical service — has long created a rift between payers and providers. It has gotten such a bad ...

UnitedHealth Group and Cigna are revamping their prior authorization processes as new federal regulations aiming to ease the burden on providers and patients loom. UnitedHealthcare will eliminate ...

Cigna Healthcare, the health benefits division of the Cigna Group, has begun a multiyear campaign to improve the experience for physicians and patients, in part by changing the prior authorization ...

Commercial insurers and state governments are implementing new guidelines that will change prior authorization requirements for patients being transferred to long-term care hospitals or rehabilitation ...

BrainsWay (BWAY) stock rises as Cigna (CI) drops prior authorization for TMS depression therapy, removing a key hurdle for a treatment the firm markets. Read more here.

Cigna Healthcare, the health benefits provider of the Cigna Group, will be removing close to 25% of medical services from prior authorization requirements, the insurer said today. With the removal of ...