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UnitedHealthcare to Scrap Prior Authorization for 30% of Services by the End of 2026

The change signals a wider push to cut paperwork through standardized, digital approvals.

FDA Proposes Blocking Bulk Compounding of GLP-1 Drugs by Outsourcing Facilities

Aetna Hits 88% Standardized Prior Authorization as UnitedHealthcare Targets 70%

CMS and FDA Launch RAPID Pathway to Speed Medicare Coverage for Breakthrough Devices

Memorial Hermann Out of Network for Blue Cross Texas Plans After Talks Collapse

Rawalpindi Drug Prices Leap Up to 500% in Market Shock

Novartis to Acquire Excellergy in Up to $2 Billion Deal for Next-Gen Anti-IgE

Telangana To Send Aarogyasri Patients To Teaching Hospitals In Health Overhaul

Bundestag Backs Overhaul to Boost Living Kidney Donation

Germany’s Hospital ePA Rollout Lags, With Only 26% Fully Live

CMS Finalizes Rule to Replace Faxed Claims Attachments With Standardized Electronic Exchange

Germany to Cut Psychotherapy Fees by 4.5% From April as Therapists Rally in Protest

Tallahassee Memorial Sues to Remove Former Patient Occupying Room Since October

Sindh Approves Rs50 Billion Overhaul for Civil Hospital Karachi, Work to Begin on Edhi Tower

Delhi Announces AIIMS-Style Merger of GTB, DSCI and RGSSH

Illinois Lands $1.5 Billion CSL Plasma-Therapy Plant in Kankakee County

Alberta Proposes $7.7 Billion Physician Package for 2026–27

Argentine Pharmacies Warn of Drug Shortages as Payment Delays Deepen

Ransomware Attack Keeps UMMC Clinics Closed Statewide as Recovery Effort Intensifies

French Government Study Says De‑Reimbursement Plans Hit Low‑Income Patients Hardest