05/23/2023
As the weather becomes warmer and plants begin blooming, changes with insurance coverage are happening, too. Colonoscopies are important procedures to deliver appropriate, quality care to patients and prior authorizations are becoming a new policy for United Healthcare patients beginning June 1, 2023. At OHM, we will work diligently with your insurance as this policy goes into effect.
https://www.statnews.com/2023/05/15/united-colonoscopy-insurance-cost/
"Policies like these are established by insurance companies to create friction and discourage doctors from ordering or performing tests and procedures that keep patients healthy. This allows the insurance company to keep more of your insurance premiums as their own profit. You have power to affect the policies that insurance enact. Please talk with your employer and government representatives to see what they are doing to protect your health."
For patients who have undiagnosed cancer, a months-long delay due to new prior authorization requirements for colonoscopies could be disastrous.
