Highmark NY: prior authorization update- meds through medical benefit

If you are a NY provider that has patients on specialty drugs through a medical benefit? Then this blog post is for you!


What is changing?

  • Effective DOS 4/1/26 the specialty drugs that are available through medical benefit will require a prior auth
  • If your patients are already on these drugs without the auth, in order to receive a continuation the provider will need to request the prior auth

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