Refocusing Medication Prior Authorization on Its Intended Purpose

This Viewpoint discusses the challenge prior medication authorization procedures presents for patients, physicians, and practices, and it proposes principles to guide “prior auth” reform, including focusing the procedures on the initial intended purpose of managing use of high-cost drugs that have equivalent lower-cost alternatives, protecting the continuity of medication for patients, and being transparent, efficient, and fair in their requirements.
Source: JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association - Category: General Medicine Source Type: research