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Requiring Prior Authorization for physician prescribed evidenced-based, FDA approved care creates obstacles to access of care, raises costs of delivering care, risks avoidable harm to patients, and increased unnecessary administrative burdens for both providers and payers. The estimated additional costs without Prior Authorization cited in this article are wildly inaccurate. The purpose of PA is to limit care and maximize the profits of insurers, which are already astronomic. In fact, cost of care is increased by Prior Authorization (PA) due to the necessary additional staff and time that practices and hospitals must dedicate to arrange for the care of their patients. Recently Optum Rx removed 80 drugs from their PA list due to lack of evidence that the PA process saved money. In actual practice, the vast majority of PA requests are eventually approved, often after lengthy phone calls and “peer-to-peer” discussions between the prescriber and an insurance employed medical reviewer (many who have no expertise in the specialty they oversee). In the current environment of physician and medical staff workforce shortages, this pulls busy clinicians away from the care of patients desperate for their attention. “Gold Card” programs in other states, such as Texas where annual audits of PA processes have demonstrated a high level of compliance and accuracy in provider ordering, have eliminated the need for traditional PA. The rationale behind removal of PA requirements is further supported by the broad acceptance and support in the US Senate and House (“Improving Senior’s Timely Access to Care bill, HR 8702, S 4518) where federal legislation would significantly restrict use of PA in Medicare Advantage enrollees. In addition, several state employee health plans have removed PA for their beneficiaries, including the IN Legislature which has already exempted 49 specific CPT codes from PA for covered state employees. Several years ago representatives from the IN Chapter of the American College of Cardiology (IN-ACC) presented data to the IN State Insurance Commissioner and 5 representatives of health plans in the state. Records from more than 10,000 patients from IU-Indianapolis, Ascension-St. Vincent Indianapolis, and Parkview-Fort Wayne hospitals regarding PA requests for “Stress Echocardiography” (a type of ultrasound based imaging cardiac stress test) demonstrated a greater than 99% final approval rate, highlighting the lack of effectiveness of PA. Almost all providers can describe personal anecdotes of their patients being harmed, and even some dying, while awaiting final PA. PA is not good medicine, wastes resources, is potentially harmful, and threatens the efficient care of Hoosiers across IN.