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Psychology Today Blog–Psychiatrists Waste Millions of Hours Obtaining Prior Authorizations from Insurers
It is a travesty that insurance companies single out psychiatric patients for this kind of scrutiny. Your physician doesn’t have to call an insurance company to admit you if you are a woman in labor or a kid with appendicitis. … Continue reading
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APA Highlights our Recent Research Study on Insurance Prior Authorization for Inpatient Psychiatric Admission
Our study about the countless hours psychiatric workers waste on the phone with insurers while obtaining prior authorizations was covered by the LA Times, Chicago Tribune, the Wall Street Journal, MedPage today, Reuters, and lots of other news outlets. … Continue reading