美国健康保险商承诺改革“事先授权”程序,以减少延误和改善病人护理。 US health insurers pledge reforms to the "prior authorization" process to cut delays and improve patient care.

美国健康保险公司,包括凯格纳、Humana和United Health Carure等主要投保人,正在改革“事先批准”程序,要求某些测试或治疗前先得到保险商的医生批准。 US health insurers, including major players like Cigna, Humana, and UnitedHealthcare, are reforming the "prior authorization" process, which requires doctor approval from insurers before certain tests or treatments. 这些改变旨在减少延误,改善患者的沟通。 These changes aim to reduce delays and improve patient communication. 到年底,保险人计划使电子提交标准化,减少授权需求,加快处理请求,使约2.57亿人受益。 By year-end, insurers plan to standardize electronic submissions, reduce authorization needs, and process requests faster, benefiting around 257 million people. 然而,保健政策分析家告诫说,尽管有这些改进,事先批准仍可能影响病人的护理。 However, health policy analysts caution that prior authorization may still impact patient care, despite these improvements.