The Food and Drug Administration authorized the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine to be used in teenagers ages 12 to 15, making it the first to be deemed safe for people under 16. “Today’s action allows for a younger population to be protected from COVID-19, bringing us closer to returning to a sense of normalcy and to… Read More »
Author Lauren Lau Published March 6, 2021 Word count 1,121 Health Insurers and Prior Authorization Like sands through the hourglass, so are the days of prior authorization Medical Utilization Management “This procedure will require prior authorization.” Words that no patient or healthcare provider wants to hear when they are ready to proceed with a doctor-approved… Read More »
May 8th, 2020 Cici Zhou Cardiology, Medicine VitalConnect announced that it has received FDA Emergency Use Authorization status for use of its VitalPatch to detect changes in the QT interval of hospitalized patients undergoing drug treatment for COVID-19. Hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine, used to treat some COVID-19 patients, are associated with risk of prolonged QT interval that… Read More »
by Steave Smith Prior Authorization, a Comprehensive Chronicle of The Concept Prior Authorization is, in a nutshell, an ensuring practice by which a revenue cycle management practice checks the insurability of a particular medical service by getting it certified by the relevant payer company. Here’s summarizing the details of the practice. What is prior authorization?… Read More »