ACC, Coalition Partners Call For Passage of Federal Legislation to Tackle Prior Auth Overuse, Abuse – American College of Cardiology
The ACC joined members of the Regulatory Relief Coalition (RRC) this week to celebrate the reintr oduction of the Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act. (H.R. 3514 / S. 1816) By tackling the overuse and abuse of prior authorization by some Medicare Advantage (MA) plans, this legislation would safeguard patient access to quality, guideline-recommended medical care and ease the administrative burden imposed on clinicians by current prior authorization practices. “Prior authorization should never be