The Squeeze on Healthcare's Bureaucratic Tangles UnitedHealth's latest move to streamline prior authorization requirements is a welcome development for patients and investors alike.
Beneath this positive change lies a complex web of factors that will have far reaching implications for the healthcare industry as a whole.
The elimination of prior authorization requirements for 1,700 medical services by UnitedHealthcare on October 1 is part of a broader effort to simplify a process long criticized for delaying patient care.