MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A total of 30 health care groups have joined the Medical Association of the State of Alabama in its effort to push to reform health insurance prior authorization requirements, which the organization says leads to higher health care costs, worsening diseases or death.
The effort is part of MASA’s “Fix Prior Authorization” campaign, which it launched last August to combat delays in treatment, service or medication by health insurance providers.
“We can no longer let paperwork and red tape stand in the way of effective medical care,” William Kilgo, the director of the Neuroimmunology and MS Clinic at USA Health in Mobile, said in a statement. “Patients like mine deserve better.”…