Two big health insurer groups are teaming up with four big provider groups to try to improve U.S. health plans' prior authorization procedures.

America's Health Insurance Plans and the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association have joined the effort together with the American Hospital Association, the American Medical Association, the American Pharmacists Association and the Medical Group Management Associations, AHIP announced today.

Health insurers and plans often require patients to check with them before getting certain types of care.

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Allison Bell

Allison Bell, a senior reporter at ThinkAdvisor and BenefitsPRO, previously was an associate editor at National Underwriter Life & Health. She has a bachelor's degree in economics from Washington University in St. Louis and a master's degree in journalism from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. She can be reached through X at @Think_Allison.