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.