The impact of prior authorization requirements on primary care physicians' offices: Report of two parallel network studies

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 93-95

  Morley, Christopher P ^a,b   Badolato, David J ^c   Hickner, John ^d   Epling, John W ^a  

^a SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

^c Family Practice Associates of Upper Dublin and Life Laboratory   (United States)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronic health records; Health insurance; Practice management; Practice based research; Prior authorization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COST; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; OFFICE WORKER; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTIVE AUTHORITY; PRIOR AUTHORIZATION; SALARY; SELF EVALUATION; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; INSURANCE, HEALTH; NEW YORK; PENNSYLVANIA; PRACTICE MANAGEMENT, MEDICAL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84872253154     PISSN: 15572625     EISSN: 15587118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2013.01.120062     Document Type: Article

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