关于先进肩部成像的预先授权率和影响
Haley N Tornberg1, Aine M Gallahue1, Alison M Blumstein2
1Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Camden, NJ, USA.
Journal of shoulder and elbow surgery
|August 21, 2025
概括
肩部核磁共振的预先授权 (PA) 造成了护理的障碍,拒绝受到种族,提供者类型和保险公司的影响,而不仅仅是计划类型. 这些拒绝可能会推迟必要的医疗干预,
科学领域:
- 放射学
- 医疗服务研究
- 医学经济学
背景情况:
- 肩部疼痛是不同的人群中普遍存在的疾病.
- 磁共振成像 (MRI) 对于诊断肩部疾病至关重要.
- 提前授权 (PA) 造成了肩部MRI的重大障碍,增加了行政负担和成本.
研究的目的:
- 检查肩部MRI的先前授权的趋势.
- 调查PA拒绝与患者人口统计,提供者类型和保险特征之间的关联.
主要方法:
- 从2021年12月到2023年9月对需要PA的肩部MRI进行回顾.
- 人口统计分析,诊断,提供者专业,保险公司和第三方授权公司.
- 基平方和逻辑回归分析以确定与PA否定相关的因素.
主要成果:
- 在包括的2,499个肩膀MRI中,有5.8%被拒绝.
- 非骨科提供者 (OR=4.38) 和非裔美国人和西班牙裔患者的订单面临更高的拒绝率.
- 根据第三方授权公司 (P < .001) 和主要付款人 (P < .001) 的不同,商业保险的拒绝率高于医疗保险D部分.
结论:
- 肩部MRI的拒绝率受到包括种族,提供者专业和保险/TPA公司在内的复杂因素的相互作用的影响.
- 拒绝的可能性似乎更多地取决于特定的保险公司或TPA公司,而不是保险类型本身.
- 低拒绝率 (5.8%) 质疑PA的整体效用,这可能会给医疗保健系统带来延误和额外的成本.
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