Medicare Advantage Plans Denied a Larger Share of Prior Authorization Requests in 2022 Than in Prior Years
August 09, 2024
August 09, 2024
SAN FRANCISCO, California, Aug. 9 (TNSres) -- KFF, an organization that says it focuses on health policy, issued the following news release:
Medicare Advantage plans denied 3.4 million prior authorization requests for health care services in whole or in part in 2022, or 7.4% of the 46.2 million requests submitted on behalf of enrollees that year, according to a new KFF analysis (https://www.kff.org/medicare/issue-brief/use-of-prior-authorization-in-medicare-advantage-exceeded-46-mil . . .
Medicare Advantage plans denied 3.4 million prior authorization requests for health care services in whole or in part in 2022, or 7.4% of the 46.2 million requests submitted on behalf of enrollees that year, according to a new KFF analysis (https://www.kff.org/medicare/issue-brief/use-of-prior-authorization-in-medicare-advantage-exceeded-46-mil . . .