Health Care in Pittsburgh: Highmark's Gold Carding Program Creates Faster Access to Care
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What if getting the care you need didn’t involve weeks of waiting, endless paperwork, and frustrating back-and-forth with insurance?
We sit down with Dr. Timothy Law, Chief Medical Officer at Highmark, to explore how their new Gold Carding program is transforming healthcare delivery. By using technology and trust to remove unnecessary barriers, Highmark is helping thousands of doctors get patients the care they need — faster, smarter, and with less stress.
This is more than an efficiency story — it’s a patient-first innovation that could become a model for the entire healthcare system.
Three key takeaways you’ll hear in this episode:
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How Highmark’s Gold Carding program eliminates delays by empowering trusted physicians to bypass traditional prior authorizations.
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Why this initiative is dramatically cutting administrative costs and reinvesting those savings back into patient care.
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The powerful ripple effect on patient experience — from faster cancer treatments to less anxiety waiting for test approvals.
If you care about the future of healthcare access, this is one conversation you don’t want to miss. Press play now to learn how Highmark’s Gold Carding program is redefining speed to care — and why it’s setting a new national standard.