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Neal Birnbaum, MD, on CMS Prior Authorization Rule Update

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Dr Birnbaum comments on how the new rule from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services setting tighter timelines for health insurers to act on requests for authorization for medications and procedures.

Neal Birnbaum, MD, is a rheumatologist at California Pacific Medical Center and clinical professor of medicine at the University of California San Francisco.

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