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ATLANTA – The Medical Association of Georgia and the Georgia Psychiatric Physicians Association are encouraging the state legislature to take further action in 2022 to address the prior approval process. They note that insurers use prior authorization to delay care for patients and/or to determine which prescriptions or treatments they will cover in order to reduce costs.
The state's physicians applaud Senator Kay Kirkpatrick on her vision and leadership when she introduced the prior authorization bill (S.B. 80) in 2021," says MAG President Lisa Perry-Gilkes, M.D., F.A.C.S. "Passing this bill was a good first step. But physicians are asking lawmakers to build on it with additional legislation, which will ensure that Georgians receive the treatment and medication that their doctors have prescribed.