Joondeph: Prior authorization is gatekeeping with red tape—can RFK Jr. cut it?
By Dr. Brian C. Joondeph | Commentary, American Thinker
Preauthorization, also called prior authorization (PA), is a process where healthcare insurance companies must approve before paying for medications, procedures, surgeries, or other medical services.
These are usually standard and approved therapies. For medications, PA approval is required for many FDA-approved (though expensive) drugs, used according to label, meaning in accordance with the detailed package insert.
MAHA rainmaker, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr, is trying to fix this problem.
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This process started in the 1960s as part of Medicare and Medicaid’s “utilization review” to reduce unnecessary hospital stays and manage c...