AMA Prior Authorization (PA) Physician Survey.

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AMA Prior Authorization (PA) Physician Survey.

March 15, 2023

Chicago, IL: American Medical Association; March 2023.

Insurance policies can have consequences that reduce the safety of medical care. This latest version of the study surveyed 1000 physicians in 2022 to find that prior authorization requirements contributed to patient harm or potentially preventable hospitalization 33 percent of the time.

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