Concurrent review is a utilization review process that occurs while a patient is actively receiving treatment, such as during a hospital stay. It evaluates the medical necessity and appropriateness of ...

Health systems and health insurance plans spend enormous sums of money battling over how to be paid fairly — and these battles have only intensified with the growth of Medicare Advantage plans, which ...

On January 25, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed a lower court ruling that the Secretary of HHS violated the due process rights of Medicare beneficiaries by failing to ...

The administrative burden of utilization review processes like prior authorizations and concurrent review has long been a thorn in the side of healthcare providers. While prior authorizations have ...

Medicaid managed care utilization review data for mental health services were analyzed for the calendar years 2017 and 2018. These data indicate low rates of utilization review denials for both ...

Healthcare organizations across the country should train their attention on a federal court case pending in Georgia that deals squarely with whether RNs performing utilization review (UR) work are ...

I need to do a drug utilization evaluation (DUE) for a new product to be added to our formulary. What resources are available to develop a DUE? The formulary system encompasses facets of medication ...