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Insurers pledged six fixes to prior authorization in June 2025. A year later, only 24% of physicians say denials are getting the specialty-matched review that was promised first.
What's really keeping practices independent, with Aaron Ledbetter of Veradigm
Seventy-nine percent of independent practice leaders say technology is what keeps them independent. Only 64% trust the tools they already have. Veradigm's Aaron Ledbetter explains what sits inside that gap, and why a denied claim still takes one to two weeks to reach the physician it belongs to.
Cutting the PBM out of your patient's GLP-1, with Jay Bregman of Andel
Jay Bregman of Andel says direct-to-employer purchasing takes prior authorization out of the prescription entirely, but the price a patient gets is tied to an employer's willingness to keep paying.
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Shawntea Gordon of Atlas & Perpetua Healthcare Consulting says the cost most practices cut first is usually the one that was never the problem.
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