Payer Prior Authorization Report Check

Checks a payer's posted CMS-0057-F prior authorization report.

Open the tool → Runs in your browser. Data leaves only if you deliberately send a problem report from the interactive tool.

Example

Kind of plan
Medicare Advantage
Calendar year the report covers
2025 year
Posts the list of items and services needing prior authorization
Yes
Standard requests approved
92.4 percent
Standard requests denied
7.6 percent
Standard requests approved after appeal
81 percent
Extended-review requests approved
64 percent
Expedited requests approved
95 percent
Expedited requests denied
5 percent
Unit of the decision times
Hours
The other 7 values
Standard decisions: average time
98
Standard decisions: median time
72
Expedited decisions: average time
30
Expedited decisions: median time
20
Standard requests in all
1000
Standard requests approved (count)
904
Standard requests denied (count)
76

Result: Medicare Advantage report for 2025 (42 CFR 422.122(c), posted at the contract level by March 31, 2026): 9 of 9 required elements entered, 2 stated rates checked against counts. 1 problem found.

The tool opens with these values already filled in. Replace them with your own.

What you enter

  • Kind of plan
  • Calendar year the report covers
  • Posts the list of items and services needing prior authorization
  • Standard requests approved
  • Standard requests denied
  • Standard requests approved after appeal
  • Extended-review requests approved
  • Expedited requests approved
  • Expedited requests denied
  • Unit of the decision times
The other 10 fields
  • Standard decisions: average time
  • Standard decisions: median time
  • Expedited decisions: average time
  • Expedited decisions: median time
  • Standard requests in all
  • Standard requests approved (count)
  • Standard requests denied (count)
  • Expedited requests in all
  • Expedited requests approved (count)
  • Expedited requests denied (count)
How this is calculated

Citation

CMS Interoperability and Prior Authorization final rule (CMS-0057-F): the nine public prior authorization metrics of 42 CFR 422.122(c), 438.210(f), 440.230(e)(3), 457.732(c) and 45 CFR 156.223(c); decision deadlines of 42 CFR 422.568(b)(1), 422.572(a)(1), 438.210(d), 440.230(e)(1) and 457.495. Read the source ↗

Source: Payers' posted CMS-0057-F reports, curated (2025 subset)

A reference and educational tool. Not medical, legal, or financial advice, and not a substitute for clinician judgment.

Browse all tools

Built by Clay Good. Source on GitHub.