Health systems and health insurance plans spend enormous sums of money battling over how to be paid fairly — and these battles have only intensified with the growth of Medicare Advantage plans, which ...

Drug utilization management such as prior authorization and stricter formularies cost the healthcare industry $93 billion annually, with patients bearing the largest share of the cost, a new study ...

Utilization management in Medicare Part D has become more restrictive over the last decade, even when compared to Medicare Advantage prescription drug plans, according to a new study. The study, ...

Jill O'Brien, Morton Hospital's new CMO, says the essence of utilization management is providing the right care for the right patient in the right setting at the right time. The new CMO of Morton ...

8 Managed Care Contract Questions Regarding Utilization and Management Naya Kehayes, managing principal and CEO of Eveia Health Consulting and Management, recommends hospitals and other providers ask ...

Panelists discuss how utilization management limits clinical autonomy and advocate for reforms that preserve shared, patient-centered decision-making. Panelists discuss how increasing utilization ...

California Governor Newsom signed Senate Bill 1120 into law, which is known as the Physicians Make Decisions Act. At a high level, the Act aims to safeguard patient access to treatments by mandating a ...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, VirtualHealth announced the release of a completely redesigned Utilization Management (UM) module within its cloud-based care management solution HELIOS®. The newly ...

About half of the patients in this study did not fill any smoking cessation medication following a rejected claim for varenicline. The study population included patients at least 18 years of age, ...

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dane Street, a national leader in Independent Medical Exams and Reviews, announced today that it has achieved Accreditation in Utilization Management from ...

Imagine an altogether different kind of utilization management that both payers and providers appreciate, where approvals are made at the point of decision, not after the fact. Utilization management ...