Existing Wording: Prior authorization is an essential process in the management of healthcare costs by payer organizations.

Proposed Wording: PA is a process commonly used by payer organizations to manage health care costs

Comment:

Suggest making this more neutral, as classifying PA as essential is unnecessarily charged (physicians may disagree as to its essential-ness - particularly those who have seen Medicare operate for years without PA)

Summary:

Change the language in order to make the statement more neutral.