Updated: Apr. 25, 2025 at 5:51 AM EDT
|By Andy Pierrotti, Bailey Williams and Emily Featherston
Our investigators examine how the program works and dig into the states that have (and have not) banned the specific method.
Updated: Jan. 13, 2025 at 1:53 PM EST
|By Andy Pierrotti, Jill Riepenhoff and Bailey Williams
Government inspectors found hundreds of deficiencies related to wandering risks in facilities in multiple states
Permission to Practice: Doctors, patients say insurance prior-authorizations put profits over people
Updated: Mar. 20, 2023 at 3:53 PM EDT
|By Emily Featherston, Jamie Grey, Lee Zurik, Bailey Williams and Payton Romans
Insurance companies say these reviews lower costs and protect patients, but what requires advance permission varies plan to plan, and critics argue the policies get between a patient and their doctor.











