Through a series of ill-informed policy moves, UnitedHealthcare (UHC) is laying the groundwork for a sweeping prior authorization program that will delay patients’ time-sensitive GI procedures.
Our leaders are speaking up on behalf of gastroenterologists and their patients. Dr. Barbara Jung, AGA president, and Dr. Rajeev Jain, member of the AGA Prior Authorization Reform Task Force, have published opinion articles in their local papers calling on UHC to reverse course before implementing this dangerous prior authorization program.
Prior authorization, by any other name, threatens Washingtonians’ health
Published in The Olympian by Barbara Jung, MD, AGAF, AGA President
UHC should reverse course on prior authorization policy
Published in Dallas Morning News by Rajeev Jain, MD, AGAF, member of the AGA Prior Authorization Reform Task Force
AGA is united against prior auth
We won't let UnitedHealthcare quietly roll out a prior authorization program.
