The AMA said it has adopted new policies regarding the prior authorization process, with its outgoing president stating that maintaining the status quo may cause “life-or-death consequences.”
Bringing the prior authorization process under control has long been a priority of medical organizations, including the American Academy of Family Physicians and the ACP.
The AMA’s new policies involve the authorizations made during a public health emergency, and peer-to-peer (P2P) conversations between a physician and an insurance company physician employee either during the initial