Prior authorizations take up significant staff resources. We have a full-time nurse and per diem nurse coming in every day spend all day doing prior authorizations instead of helping care for patients or addressing patient concerns. Limiting physician choices in management prevents doctors from providing individualized care to patients. In the majority of cases, prior authorizations delay treatment, which in psychiatry can have dangerous consequences.

– Dr. Howard L., Pennsylvania
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Have you ever gone to the pharmacy to fill a prescription only to be told that your insurance company requires approval before they'll cover your treatment? Have you ever waited for days, weeks or months for a test or medical procedure to be scheduled because you needed authorization from an insurer? Or are you a physician frustrated with the administrative headaches and their impact on your patients?

Please tell us know how prior authorization has impacted you. We are looking for stories from patients and physicians to highlight and draw attention to this issue that is impacting the health of so many Americans.

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