RRC supports legislation to reduce the undue burden that prior authorization creates for physicians and the harm it causes patients.
Legislative Action
Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act
The Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act will reduce barriers to care, lessen provider burden, and help ensure that Medicare beneficiaries who enroll in MA plans have the same access to Medicare covered items and services as beneficiaries who opt for traditional Medicare.
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Congressional Letters Achieve Majority in Both House and Senate.
Groundswell of Congressional Support to Reign in Prior Authorization in Medicare Advantage evidenced in House and Senate sign on letters. Letters ask CMS to finalize pending rules that would reign in the overreaches of MA plans that delay and deny care through utilization management tools like PA.
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