The American Medical Association, which opposes restrictive prior authorization polices, reported last week that 10 states — Colorado, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Vermont, Virginia and Wyoming — have approved broad prior authorization bills it supports. The new Illinois, Minnesota and Virginia laws are not yet in the National Conference of State Legislatures database. The use of prior authorizations, created to discourage unnecessary and costly care, have surged in recent years, to the consternation of providers and patients.
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