Top US Health Care Providers Vow to Streamline Insurance Claim Process

Top US Health Care Providers Vow to Streamline Insurance Claim Process
The corporate logo of the UnitedHealth Group on the side of one of its office buildings in Santa Ana, Calif. Mike Blake/Reuters
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The nation’s leading health insurance providers vowed on June 23 to revamp the approval process for medical care claims.

The Blue Cross Blue Shield Association and the AHIP, the nation’s largest health insurance trade association, committed to “streamline, simplify, and reduce prior authorization,” which requires health care professionals to obtain advance approval from a health plan before care is delivered to the patient to qualify for paid coverage.

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