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Senate Public Health Committee withdraws earlier recommendation and backs updated Empower Healthcare prior-authorization policy
Summary
The Senate Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee voted to expunge a prior recommendation and to recommend approval of an updated prior-authorization ("gold card") policy from Empower Healthcare Solutions, noting the proposal narrows services requiring prior authorization under Act 575 of 2023 and emphasizes transparency.
Senator Irvin, chairing the Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee, moved to expunge the panel’s earlier recommendation regarding Empower Healthcare Solutions’ prior-authorization approach and then asked the committee to consider the company’s revised proposal. Mitch Morris, chief executive officer of Empower Healthcare Solutions, and Brad Donner, the company’s chief medical officer, told the committee they had revised the firm’s gold‑card transparency policy in response to questions raised at a previous committee hearing and highlighted services that will no longer be managed through…
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