Inappropriate Prior Authorization Harms Patients: Support Reform For Private Insurers And MCOs
Wednesday, May 8, 2024 - Posted by Advertising Department [The following is a paid advertisement.] It’s a common practice among health insurance companies: denying coverage for a procedure or test a doctor recommends, and denying transfers and inpatient admissions. Denials through prior authorization can delay care that worsen patient health and lead to poor outcomes. Gov. JB Pritzker, in his Budget Address, promised to introduce a bill to “curb predatory insurance practices—putting power back into the hands of patients and their doctors.” The Illinois hospital community backs that bill, HB 5395, which would end prior authorization for inpatient mental health care for children and adults for the first 72 hours. We agree when the Governor said, “Doctors and their patients should be making decisions about patient care.… We should never, ever, ever, ever cede those decisions to the whims of insurance executives whose focus is always on the bottom line.” The Illinois Health and Hospital Association—and our membership of 211 hospitals—strongly supports efforts to hold insurance companies accountable and keep medical decisions in the hands of patients and medical professionals. Additional prior authorization reforms must extend to Medicaid managed care organizations (MCOs). Inappropriate denials negatively impact healthcare for Medicaid patients, while reducing MCOs’ costs and increasing shareholder profits. Support IHA’s MCO prior authorization reforms.
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Support House Bill 4781
Wednesday, May 8, 2024 - Posted by Advertising Department
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Uber Partners With Cities To Expand Urban Transportation
Wednesday, May 8, 2024 - Posted by Advertising Department [The following is a paid advertisement.] Uber is leading the charge to close critical transportation gaps, ensuring reliable access to its services in places that need it most, such as underserved areas like Englewood. This is a part of Uber’s broader commitment to augment and expand the reach of Chicago’s transportation ecosystem, focusing on overcoming the first-mile/ last-mile hurdles that have long plagued residents in farther afield neighborhoods. Uber aims to extend the public transit network’s reach, making urban transportation more accessible and efficient for everyone. Discover the full story on how Uber is transforming city transportation for the better.
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Get The Facts On The Illinois Prescription Drug Board
Wednesday, May 8, 2024 - Posted by Advertising Department [The following is a paid advertisement.] The price-setting board proposed in HB4472 is not the solution for Illinois. It would give bureaucrats the power to arbitrarily set medicine prices, deciding what medicines and treatments are “worth” paying for. We can’t leave Illinoisans’ health care up to political whims. Let’s make it easier, not harder for patients to access their medicines. Click here to learn more.
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