Wednesday, July 1, 2020

On the Record July 1, 2020

"The question is, when they say the words 'medically necessary,' how are they really instituting that without some kind of prior authorization? The reality is, they're probably not [using prior authorization] as long as it's being ordered by a health care provider."
— Danielle Showalter, principal at Avalere, talked with AIS’s Health Plan Weekly about recent federal guidance that requires insurers to cover "medically necessary" diagnostic and antibody tests for COVID-19, and how the industry is responding.

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