Finally, One Of The Benefits Of Value-Based Reimbursement

On March 29, UnitedHealthCare announced they were cutting the number of prior authorizations provided by 20% (see Easing The Prior Authorization Journey) over the course of the next year. Currently, UnitedHealthcare processes about 13 million prior authorization requests a year for about 600 million claims (see Dreaded Medical Paperwork Required By Health Insurers To Be Trimmed).

The UnitedHealthCare prior authorizations will be replaced by a national “gold card” program. Qualifying provider organizations will follow a "notification process" for most procedure codes rather than the prior authorization process (see UnitedHealthcare Cutting 20% Of Prior Authorizations). This program will apply to most . . .