What Is Prior Acts Coverage? Understanding Liability Insurance Features

Learn how prior acts coverage protects against claims on past events under liability insurance. Discover retroactive dates and coverage differences.
The American Journal of Managed Care

Prior Authorizations and the Adverse Impact on Continuity of Care

Prior authorizations create substantial administrative and financial burdens on physicians and patients and can disrupt the continuity of care. This commentary discusses the current prior ...
New York Magazine

‘Delay’ and ‘Deny’: The Outrage Over Prior Authorization

Editor’s Note: This story was published last year, before the murder of UnitedHealthcare’s chief executive, which is drawing renewed attention to how the insurance industry denies care to patients.
CNN

Insurers promised to ease a major patient pain point after executive’s murder. Here’s what’s happened

A year ago, the fatal shooting of a health insurance executive on a Manhattan sidewalk unleashed many Americans’ pent-up frustration with insurers’ delays and denials of care. UnitedHealthcare CEO ...
The New York Times

A Message From Your Doctor About the Prior Authorization Process

Insurance companies often make doctors ask their permission before treating patients. This template can help medical professionals explain how it works. By Ron Lieber Ron Lieber will update this ...
The New York Times

The Health Insurance Prior Authorization Memo That You Helped Write

Recently, we put together a template to help medical professionals explain a confusing process. Readers gave us very pointed feedback, so we updated it. By Ron Lieber Two months ago, I shared my tale ...