Physician's Weekly

JUNE 25, 2025

Starting next year, if a patient switches insurance plans while getting treatment, the new plan must honor the old plan’s prior authorization for at least 90 days. Insurers must provide clearer explanations when care is denied and explain how patients can appeal. AHIP previewed some of the coming changes.

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FDA Law Blog

MAY 13, 2024

FDA recognizes the potential of RWE to support regulatory submissions of medical devices and to inform benefit-risk analysis of such products, while assuring patients have timely access to devices. Rather than looking at how RWD/RWE provide meaningful information on safety and effectiveness, reviewers often focus on perceived gaps.

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FDA Law Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2022

These data are routinely collected from a variety of sources, such as electronic health records, providing information on health and healthcare in actual patients, rather than in the controlled environment of a clinical trial. There will be two submission deadlines per year on March 31 and September 30, through March 31, 2027.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 25, 2025

Insurers also pledged to use clear language when communicating with patients and promised that medical professionals would review coverage denials. But health policy analysts say prior authorization — a system that forces some people to delay care or abandon treatment — may continue to pose serious health consequences for affected patients.

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