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Feb. 22, 2018: State Advocacy Update

Aetna's prior authorization program under scrutiny and MAT helps reduce post-incarceration fatal opioid-related overdoses in the latest AMA state advocacy news.

Advocacy Update
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Physicians, payers collaborate on prior-authorization relief

Doctors, pharmacists, other providers and payers commit to work together to ease prior authorization’s treatment delays, administration burdens.

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Actions taken to quantify, cut the burdens of prior authorization

Processing prior-authorization requests is among a medical practice’s top administrative burdens, but steps are being taken to reduce the problem.

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Doctor works day and night on electronic health records.
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Family doctors spend 86 minutes of “pajama time” with EHRs nightly

A big chunk of the administrative work physicians do on EHRs could be properly delegated to other members of the practice team.

Digital
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Type & click tasks drain half the primary care workday

New research finds that primary care physicians spend more than half of their workday at a computer screen performing data entry and other tasks with EHRs.

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Oregon clinic redesigns patient registration to save clicks, time

Gathering patient information before the visit saves precious time. Learn how one practice discovered a new process that could save $200,000 a year.

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Pains of prior authorization create pressure for reform

Payer and physician organizations gather at HIMSS 2017 to discuss ways to address the burdens of prior authorization.

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AGs called on to help stop prior authorization for MAT

National Association of Attorneys General urged to follow New York Attorney General’s lead and stop prior authorization on medication-assisted treatment (MAT) across the nation.

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Survey quantifies time burdens of prior authorization

New details on the time physicians and staff pour into completing prior-authorization requests that delay and disrupt patient care.

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