Dr. Shannon I. Decker, PhD., MBA, MBA, M.Ed., M.Ed.

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UnitedHealthcare is dropping prior authorization for 1,700 services. But don't confuse less prior auth with less utilization management. The October 1 changes span multiple lines of business, including Medicare Advantage, and are part of UHC's larger effort to reduce remaining prior authorization requirements. Less friction is good news. But it raises a much more interesting VBC question: If the payer stops standing in front of every service, how does it influence what happens next? I took a closer look at what UH…

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