Norah Brennan, SVP of Product Management with HealthAxis, was recently featured in an article published by Healthcare IT Today on 2026 Healthcare IT predictions. Read below for Norah’s comments and click the link to read the full article.
Healthcare Governance, Regulations, and Compliance – 2026 Health IT Predictions
“Prior authorization mandates taking effect are going to drastically shift how health plans use prior authorizations for managing care. Two factors will drive this. First, as of 1/1/2026, the response time for authorizations reduces significantly; health plans must respond to standard authorizations within 7 days instead of the current 14-day requirement.
This requires plans to take a very focused look at their utilization management business processes and systems and ensure they are as efficient as possible every step of the way, including removing prior authorization requirements that have high approval rates or don’t provide the desired impact of directing care and costs.
And, second, as always, transparency drives behavior; also beginning in 2026, health plans must publish prior authorization statistics on their websites. Shining a light on rates of prior authorization approval, appeals, and turnaround times will certainly drive a change in how prior authorizations are used. It’s better to eliminate the prior authorization requirement than face the public scrutiny of rejection rates.”
Read the full article by Grayson Miller here.
