|Slideshows|May 29, 2019

90th annual Physician Report: Doctors remain frustrated with prior authorizations

A slideshow on how much time practices spent on prior authorizations in 2018.

Prior authorizations take time away from patients and interject a third party into the doctor-patient relationship. There are many frustrations with prior auths, but the time spent getting payer permission is a common thread among all doctors. The average practice spends more than 15 hours per week total on them.

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