Is There Utility to Requiring Spine MRI Pre-authorizations?Pre-authorizations: A Single Institution's Perspective.
Kareem J KebaishAnoop R GalivancheMichael R MercierArya G VarthiLee E RubinJonathan Newman GrauerPublished in: Clinical spine surgery (2023)
Of 2480 distinct MRI orders, commercial insurers required preauthorization for 85.56%. Nonetheless, 96.57% of all scans went on to be completed within 3 months, raising questions about the costs, benefits, and overall value of this administrative process.