Health insurer delays son's treatment

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Montana Looks To Regulate Prior Authorization as Patients, Providers Decry Obstacles to Care - KFF Health News

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Montana health insurers say preapproval of drugs and treatments often delayed critical care for their son.

Legislators in several states, including Indiana , Nebraska , North Dakota , Virginia , and Washington , have introduced prior authorization bills this year .

Many of the state’s medical providers are behind the effort, saying prior authorization is denying vital care and needlessly sucking up more and more of their time.

State regulation of prior authorization affects only about a fourth -state health insurance plan.

Bill would remove prior authorization for most generic drugs, inhalers, insulin, insulin.

Bill also says a procedure or treatment may be denied only by a physician with a matching specialty.

Health care providers and patients have heard the rationale of insurers and promises that improvements will be made, but they say nothing has happened.

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