Washington's first official state-sanctioned medical marijuana authorization form isn't sitting well with many medical marijuana patients. At issue is the inclusion of a section requiring patients to ...

The prior authorization process continues to have a "devastating" effect on patient outcomes, physician burnout and employee productivity, according to a new physician survey from the American Medical ...

Some physician practices are charging patients for prior authorization requests or requiring annual administrative fees for such requests and letters of medical necessity, among other services. In ...

Current prior authorization practices drive worse patient outcomes and increased utilization of healthcare resources due to unnecessary encounters or ineffective care, a majority of physicians said in ...

Editor’s note: David Charles is a practicing neurologist and chief medical officer at the Alliance for Patient Access. The first draft of this piece was written by Amanda Conschafter, communications ...

About 92 percent of physicians report prior authorization has a negative effect on patient clinical outcomes, according to a new survey from the American Medical Association. For the survey, the AMA ...

This study examined the impact of prior authorization formularies on the likelihood that patients with schizophrenia will be arrested and incarcerated. We collected drug-level information on prior ...