Congressman Launches Investigation into Medicaid Prior Authorization Denials

U.S. Representative Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-New Jersey) announced that he is looking into high prior authorization denial rates by Medicaid managed care health plans. It follows a report by the Office of Inspector General that found that Medicaid MCOs denied one out of every eight prior authorization requests in 2019.U.S. Representative Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-New […]