Recondo Technology, a revenue cycle management firm, on Monday launched a new product to automate prior authorizations, effectively eliminating the need for healthcare providers to employ large teams ...

Administrative tasks burden today's physicians more than ever before. Obtaining prior authorizations for tests and treatments from payers is one of the leading productivity zappers, an activity which ...

Cancer patients aren't just battling a deadly disease—part of their time and energy can also be spent fighting the system intended to cure them, a new study says. The findings are published in the ...

Physicians and payers are vowing to collaborate to help relieve one of doctors’ biggest headaches: obtaining prior authorizations. Six leading health industry groups, including the American Medical ...

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When Paula Chestnut needed hip replacement surgery last year, a pre-operative X-ray found irregularities in her chest. As a smoker for 40 years, Chestnut was at high risk for lung cancer. A specialist ...

Prior authorizations, one of health insurers’ many “utilization management” techniques, is a hot topic amongst practicing physicians, patients, and regulators, to name a few. The prior-authorization ...

Here’s how three ASC leaders are managing prior authorization: Note: Responses were lightly edited for style. Girard Bullaro, administrator at Wellness ASC (McKinney, Texas): As a new ASC and ...

Improvements in reimbursements to clinicians, as well as increased access to and reimbursement for psychosocial resources for these patients, could help create a better safety net system for patients ...

When Paula Chestnut needed hip replacement surgery last year, a pre-operative X-ray found irregularities in her chest. As a smoker for 40 years, Chestnut was at high risk for lung cancer. A specialist ...

Oral anticancer medications are frequently used to treat patients with cancer. We found significant time and energy burdens for clinic staff and patients in obtaining these drugs. Oral anticancer ...