AXIOS (Avery Lotz) - Exclusive: Dr. Oz announces health coalition to streamline prior authorizations
A coalition of 29 major health care players is coming together to simplify the prior authorization process for medical treatments, Mehmet Oz , the administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, said at Axios' Future of Health Summit Wednesday. The big picture: Last summer, several top health insurers voluntary pledged to streamline and improve the prior authorization process across all health insurance markets. Driving the news: "The payers, the insurance companies, have been playing ball. Guess who's not been playing ball until today? The providers," Oz told Axios' Caitlin Owens. - The new coalition includes insurers, hospitals and health records companies to streamline the process for reviewing medical procedures,…