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Editor’s Note: This story was published last year, before the murder of UnitedHealthcare’s chief executive, which is drawing renewed attention to how the insurance industry denies care to patients.

Zack Sigel is a writer and editor based in New York City. He has been managing editor at Policygenius and M1 Finance, where he led teams specialized in writing about business and finance, and he has ...

The days of faxed forms and days-long waits for prior authorization approvals are officially ending under the new CMS 2026 rules. With the Interoperability and Prior Authorization Final Rule now in ...