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1 Million Hours Of Psychiatrist Time Wasted On Phone Annually Getting Insurance Approvals For Hospitalization Of The Mentally Ill: Harvard Researchers
April 23, 2013 by NewsBot
A study published today in Annals of Emergency Medicine reports lengthy waits for severely ill psychiatric patients in need of immediate hospitalization in the Boston area, due in part to time-consuming prior authorizations required by insurance companies. Psychiatrists spent, on average, 38 minutes on the telephone getting authorization...
