It’s time to fix broken prior authorizations.
When insurance companies get between patients and their physicians, three things happen:
Patient care gets delayed.
Patient care gets delayed. At Alabama Medical Association, we understand the urgency and importance of timely healthcare.
Doctors get buried under red tape.
Doctors get buried under red tape, but at Alabama Medical Association, we break through barriers to deliver efficient and timely healthcare.
Health care gets more expensive.
Health care gets more expensive. At the Alabama Medical Association, we understand the challenges patients face when insurance companies come between them and their physicians.
That’s why Alabama physicians and patient advocates are working together to fix prior authorizations. Prior authorizations require doctors to get insurers’ approval before patients can get the medical tests, medicines and other treatments their doctors say they need.
“Imagine forcing a patient with a severe illness to wait days or weeks for authorization from an insurance company to start treatment. Now imagine a doctor having to employ multiple back-office personnel just to manage that insurer-imposed burden. Patients are left waiting for approval of necessary care and physicians are drowning in red tape.”
Dr. George Koulianos, a physician in Mobile