Why Doctors Can't Actually Prescribe Your Innovation: The 68% Roadblock

The bottleneck in women's health is no longer clinical willingness - it is administrative gatekeeping.

Boston MA -- October 27: New therapeutics and maternal-fetal diagnostics are being developed faster than payer utilization management protocols can adapt.

The Women's Health Infrastructure Report 2026 exposes a critical cross-sector disconnect between frontline clinical readiness and archaic insurance infrastructure.

"Prior authorizations are one of the most disruptive processes introduced by insurance companies in my day to day practice... Results in delays in patients being able to get imaging studies... which borders on practicing medicine without a license."

Sarah Cigna

Director, Sexual Health and Gender Affirmation (SAGA) Center, GW Medical Faculty Associates

This structural disconnect represents just one of the critical commercial gaps uncovered through the Women's Health Infrastructure Report 2026, a cross-sector study bringing together perspectives from health plans, providers, employers, clinicians, life sciences organisations and innovators.

The full report features detailed findings, expert commentary, benchmark data and practical implications for healthcare leaders looking to understand where women's health is heading next.

Lead Research Partner