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What’s it Going to Take to Fix Healthcare’s Chronic Prior Authorization Pain?

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In this far-ranging video, two experts in health care explore current and potential solutions to the much-hated process of prior authorization in medical care. Shereese Maynard, MS, MBA, Co-Owner at Nostradata Medical, calls prior authorization "critical yet contentious." The way it's done now, in her assessment, it ends up increasing costs "down the line" because patients' care is denied and their conditions worsen. Medicaid prior authorization, she complains, is "marginalizing patients." Colin Banas, MD, MHA, Chief Medical Officer at DrFirst, reports daunting statistics about the physicians' view of prior authorization. Nine out of ten believe it has a negative effect on treatment, and a quarter have seen adverse events such as unnecessary hospitalizations. Learn more about DrFirst: https://drfirst.com/ Learn more about MyndShyft: https://www.myndshft.com/ Learn more about Nostradata Medical: https://www.nostradatamed.com/ ...more
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What’s it Going to Take to Fix Healthcare’s Chronic Prior Authorization Pain?
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2024Aug 14
In this far-ranging video, two experts in health care explore current and potential solutions to the much-hated process of prior authorization in medical care. Shereese Maynard, MS, MBA, Co-Owner at Nostradata Medical, calls prior authorization "critical yet contentious." The way it's done now, in her assessment, it ends up increasing costs "down the line" because patients' care is denied and their conditions worsen. Medicaid prior authorization, she complains, is "marginalizing patients." Colin Banas, MD, MHA, Chief Medical Officer at DrFirst, reports daunting statistics about the physicians' view of prior authorization. Nine out of ten believe it has a negative effect on treatment, and a quarter have seen adverse events such as unnecessary hospitalizations. Learn more about DrFirst: https://drfirst.com/ Learn more about MyndShyft: https://www.myndshft.com/ Learn more about Nostradata Medical: https://www.nostradatamed.com/
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