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HHS and insurers pledge sweeping fixes to prior‑authorization processes; committee presses for enforcement details
Summary
Secretary Kennedy and committee members highlighted an industry pledge meant to sharply reduce prior authorization burdens. The department and insurers committed to interoperability and major reductions in prior‑authorization requirements; members sought measurable timelines and enforcement steps.
Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and multiple members of the committee emphasized an announcement at the hearing and in related briefings that HHS and major payers had agreed to reduce prior-authorization burdens for clinicians and patients.
Kennedy described the agreement as technology‑ and process‑driven: insurers would make prior-authorization systems interoperable with clinicians’ electronic workflows and eliminate a large…
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