Wednesday, April 22, 2026

About this episode

The episode discusses UnitedHealthcare's elimination of prior authorizations for rural providers, the appointment of a new CDC director, and changes to measles vaccine age regulations in Michigan.

UnitedHealthcare eliminates a majority of prior authorizations for rural providers, the White House taps a new CDC director, and Michigan lowers the measles vaccine age in some counties, coming up on today’s episode of The Gist Healthcare Podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Topics covered

• healthcare
• policy
• vaccination

Keywords

• UnitedHealthcare
• CDC
• measles vaccine
• rural healthcare

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Michigan

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