For both patients and their healthcare providers (HCPs), the requirement that prior authorizations (PAs) be obtained from health insurers for many branded and specialty medications continues to act as a significant roadblock, according to David Fidler, senior director product innovation at ConnectiveRx.
Convert Prior Authorization Abandonments to Rx Fulfillments and Stop Leaving Money on the Table
Business, Electronic Health Records, Health Plans, Healthcare Communications Agencies, Healthcare Physicians, Manufacturers, NDA/MAA, Patients, Prescriptions, Prior Authorization (PA), Specialty Drugs, Specialty PharmacyA very high percentage of Prior Authorization (PA) requests are approved…but about 40% of these prescriptions are abandoned during the PA process, around 74.4 million prescriptions a year.