Two health policy experts are calling for a universal electronic prior authorization (ePA) system that works for all patients covered by Medicare (including various Part D plans), Medicaid and commercial payors.
The universal ePA system should include three additional core characteristics, according to Jing Luo, MD, MPH, an assistant professor of medicine and a researcher in the University of Pittsburgh’s Center for Pharmaceutical Policy and Prescribing, and Walid Gellad, MD,