PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — Illinois doctors will soon no longer have to worry about prior authorizations when treating patients with blood clotting disorders.
Right now, doctors have to seek prior authorization to administer certain drugs or procedure to a patient. Prior authorization is a form of approval used by insurance companies to determine coverage of medications and procedures
House Bill 4055 would end prior authorization for FDA-approved medications for hereditary bleeding conditions for up to six months. The bipartisan bill passed the House and Senate unanimously.
"It’s part of the governor’s overall program to try to eliminate pre-existing conditions where they just don’t make any sense," said State Sen. Dave Koehler (D-Peoria)
Koehler said the current process comes at cost for patients who need immediate treatment.
"That’s just too too long to wait. I mean, it has to go through a certain process and and it really doesn’t make any sense. My feeling is that that healthcare needs to take place between the patient and the doctor or the patient and the provider and other things that don’t make any sense, that try to complicate and delay procedures just need to be eliminated. And that’s what we’ve done with this bill," he said.
The bill was first initiated in the House by State Rep. Bill Hauter (R-Morton), said Koehler. Dr. Hauter is also an emergency room physician at the Bleeding and Clotting Disorders Institute in Peoria, Koehler said.
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