Dive Brief: Cigna is the latest health insurer to roll back prior authorization requirements, announcing Thursday that it will no longer require the approvals for nearly 25% of medical services.

Cigna has removed more than 1,100 prior authorization requirements since 2020, the news release said. Cigna also announced plans to scrap precertification in its Medicare Advantage plans for an ...

Cigna Healthcare, the health benefits provider of the Cigna Group, will be removing close to 25% of medical services from prior authorization requirements, the insurer said today. With the removal of ...

Cigna Prior Authorization Healthcare Costs Medicare Advantage The 600 codes represent nearly 25% of those that currently require prior auth, Cigna said in an announcement .

Almost 50 health insurers, including UnitedHealthcare, Aetna, Cigna, Elevance and Humana, have pledged to reduce the number of claims subject to prior authorization by next year as a result ...

Deficiencies found in an audit of Cigna-HealthSpring operations has prompted the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to temporarily bar Cigna from enrolling new customers to its Medicare ...

Health insurer Cigna Corp will buy HealthSpring Inc for $3.8 billion to jump-start its business selling Medicare plans as more elderly Americans become eligible for the U.S. government program.

Cigna Healthcare plans to remove prior authorization requirements for another 500 codes for its Medicare Advantage plans before the end of 2023.

Aug 24 (Reuters) - Cigna Group CI.N said on Thursday it would remove nearly 25% of medical services from prior authorization requirements for its customers and clinicians. Reuters, the news and ...