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Exploring Medicare Advantage Prior Authorization Variations

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On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we're talking with the authors of a study published in the March 2024 issue of The American Journal of Managed Care® about their findings on variations in prior authorization use across Medicare Advantage plans.

On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we're talking with the University of Minnesota School of Public Health's Hannah Neprash, PhD; John Mulcahy, a PhD candidate; and Ezra Golberstein, PhD, the authors of a study published in the March 2024 issue of The American Journal of Managed Care®.

Their study, "The Extent and Growth of Prior Authorization in Medicare Advantage," discusses how the service-, area-, and carrier-level patterns they identified suggest variation in how Medicare Advantage plans use prior authorization.

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