Preauthorization for Medical Services
For certain procedures and services, your doctor or hospital needs to get advance approval before your plan covers any of the costs. Depending on the service and your type of plan, this step is called "preauthorization" or "notification." If your plan requires preauthorization or notification, and your doctor or hospital doesn't get this approval from Humana, your costs may not be covered.
How to Find out if a Procedure or Service Needs Preauthorization or Notification
These dated documents provide a complete list of services that require preauthorization. For information about approvals for prescriptions, see Prior Authorization for Medications
- January 24, 2010 Medicare Preauthorization and Notification List
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- July 10, 2009 Medicare Preauthorization and Notification List
- (98 KB) Download PDF
- English
- December 1, 2008 Medicare Preauthorization and Notification List
- (228 KB) Download PDF
- English
Need an older version?
See the bottom of the following page for lists for past years: Tools & Resources.
How Preauthorization and Approval Works
In most cases, providers and facilities can submit preauthorization requests to Humana using secure technology. As an alternative, they can call a toll-free number and use our interactive voice response (IVR) service.
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