Sign our petition to tell the North Carolina General Assembly, the time is NOW to pass Prior Authorization Reform.
Why reform Prior Authorization?
We’ve All Felt It. Every one of us, or someone we love, has had a hard time because of something called “prior authorization” in healthcare. Insurance companies use prior authorization to slow down or even stop people from getting the care they need. This is continuing to mess with people’s lives.
Prior Authorization reform will allow for timely decisions to made by the insurance companies, insurance companies must work with the patient’s physician before denying coverage, and insurance companies must make prior authorization criteria clear and understandable.
By signing our petition, you are telling the North Carolina General Assembly the time is NOW to pass Prior Authorization Reform.
Too often, insurance companies are looking for any reason to deny payment with Prior Authorization. This puts undue burden on the physician to request a peer-to-peer conversation, which may be the first time an actual physician (not administrative staff) has looked at the case. The windows for peer-to-peer conversations are too short. So we often end up wasting even more time putting together a (hopefully) bulletproof letter to shut down any concerns about the appropriateness of the care being proposed. This has to stop!