Health care costs & paperwork
Original NEEDRIX research on everyday problems in health care costs & paperwork: what people report, whether existing solutions fall short, and the evidence against each finding.
This area covers medical bills, insurance claims, prescriptions, booking appointments (not medical advice).
Prior authorization delays patient medication and treatment
Prior authorization problems delayed treatment, including one GLP-1 refill that took nearly three weeks to resolve. Pharmacists and prescribers report that such delays are common.
Problem: real (high evidence)Gap contestedCommercial: plausible, unprovenOpportunity confidence: medium