Our #ASCO23 work on the Patient Experience with #PriorAuthorization was presented yesterday. This patient facing survey evaluated their experiences with #priorAuth . Our primary findings are:
⏳2/3 had delay in care
😨Anxiety was doubled
🤝PA eroded trust in healthcare
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Join ACG for the next Virtual Grand Rounds—
Dr. Eric Shah & Dr. Stephen Amann on Prior Authorization in GI: Tips from the ACG Prior Authorization Task Force

Thursday, June 1 at Noon & 8pm ET
➡️Register: gi.org/ACGVGR

#FixPriorAuth DanielPambiancoMD Dayna Early

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REMINDER: If you haven’t urged your lawmakers to sign the “Dear Colleague” letter to help #FixPriorAuth yet, there’s still time!

Check if your representatives have already signed on: fixpriorauth.org/sites/default/…

📣Healio Gastroenterology coverage spotlights joint GI society efforts to halt UnitedHealthcare #PriorAuth Plans
American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) ASGE GI Endoscopy DanielPambiancoMD #FixPriorAuth

'GI societies spurn UHC’s ‘flawed, misguided’ prior authorization policy for GI endoscopy' healio.com/news/gastroent…

.KFF study: ACA-required collection of claims denials data “has been haphazard and limited to a small subset of plans…the data isn’t audited to ensure it is complete... Federal oversight and enforcement based on the data are, therefore, more or less nonexistent.”

#FixPriorAuth

PAs are burdensome and delay treatment. A survey of US physicians found 82% experienced treatment abandonment due to denials, causing serious harm to patients. 2/3 reported ineffective initial treatment due to PA #PriorAuthorization ASCO #ASCO23 shorturl.at/eqwSU #lcsm

Denials of Health Insurance Claims Are Rising — And Getting Weirder. Dr. Glaucomflecken
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#FixPriorAuth . People living with #cancer deserve better. #OncTwitter

Solutions to #priorAuthorization NEED to be placed within a #patientCentered framework. We need to improve efficiencies but also transparency. We should strive to move forward with #fixpriorAuth solutions that address the real patient burdens.

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Healio Gastroenterology UnitedHealthcare American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) ASGE GI Endoscopy Thanks Healio Gastroenterology! ACG American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) ASGE GI Endoscopy #GIcommunity #FixPriorAuth #GItwitter DanielPambiancoMD Dayna Early Dr Jennifer Christie #JohnCarethersMD

@aimee4nola Please #FixPriorAuth by supporting SB 188 by Jeremy Stine #lalege La State Med Society Prior Authorization needs transparency to improve the process! p2a.co/twitterimage?i…

Health plans are wasting you and your doctor's valuable time. RT if you want to #FixPriorAuth . 🔁

Take 2 minutes to insist that your Congressional Representative support CMS’s proposed prior authorization reforms before the June 9, 2023, sign-on deadline. Details at: spineintervention.org/news/642028/Su… #SISAdvocacy #FixPriorAuth #InterventionalPainMedicine #PainMedicine

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This is why advocacy matters: UnitedHealth backs off contentious prior authorization plan axios.com/2023/06/01/uni… #fixpriorauth #fightfordocs

📣Physicians: The deadline has been extended to sign the “Dear Colleague” letter, urging CMSGov to strengthen and finalize proposed rules to improve prior auth for patients and physicians. Tell #Congress to sign the letter and help #FixPriorAuth . fixpriorauth.org/take-action?vv…

#ASCO23 Lynn M. Schuchter, MD, FASCO Eric Winer, MD encourages us to develop meaningful relationships with our patients to prevent & alleviate #physicianburnout . Admin burdens of #EHR & need to #FixPriorAuth are depleting us & distracting us from what is essential & must be addressed. #OncTwitter

Happy Prior Authorization Reform Implementation Day! Finally putting more control in the hands of clinicians and patients, as of today, June 1. Find out what clinicians need to know: tinyurl.com/38hcjaxn
#priorauth orization #priorauth #fixpriorauth #PatientCare

Thanks Healio Gastroenterology! ACG & American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) & ASGE GI Endoscopy

#GIcommunity #FixPriorAuth #GItwitter
DanielPambiancoMD Dayna Early Dr Jennifer Christie #JohnCarethersMD

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Yesterday I spent 56 mins on hold with a PA dept to get a qty override on Arikayce.

My ridiculous ask?
28 vials for 28 days.

Bc you know. That's the labeled dose. And only comes as a 28 vial kit. And can only be via mail order. And kit can't be split.

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Thank you to Sen. Gary Smith and Katrina Jackson for helping Thomas Pressly and La State Med Society #fixpriorauth . HB 468 returns to the House for concurrence. #lalege AMA

To better understand the harms of the current #priorauthorization process in the care of people with #cancer , take a look at this important work by Dr Fumiko Ladd Chino, MD and colleagues presented during #ASCO23

#FixPriorAuth #FinancialToxicity
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💪Protesting with Patients!

This morning at UnitedHealthcare HQ in Minnetonka, MN ACG President Dr. DanielPambiancoMD & VP Public Policy Brad Conway joined advocates from Crohn's & Colitis Foundation to protest #PriorAuth restrictions on endoscopy planned for 6/1!

#ACGadvocacy #GItwitter #FixPriorAuth

#GI societies spurn UnitedHealthcare’s ‘flawed, misguided’ #priorauthorization policy for GI #endoscopy , ACG chair of the Board of Governors weighed in. On the heels of this new #policy , Crohn's & Colitis Foundation rallies TODAY to protect access to #healthcare ! bit.ly/42gdNFT

Patients deserve access to quality care without insurers getting in the way.

❤️ this tweet if you’re ready to #FixPriorAuth .
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#PriorAuthorization is overused, delays treatment to patients and costs physicians time and resources. In the words of Jack Resneck MD, this “Kafkaesque absurdity” must stop. With reform bills considered in 30+ states year, it's time to #FixPriorAuth . spr.ly/6018Os9pe