--- title: How to Update Existing Authorizations description: Learn how to edit and resubmit a pending authorization, or renew an approved authorization that's nearing its expiration date in SamaCare. --- [Skip to content](https://help.samacare.com/updating-existing-authorizations#main-content) English - United States Show submenu for translations [![samacare logo](https://help.samacare.com/hubfs/SamaCare_logo_hubspot.svg)](https://www.samacare.com/) - [Home](https://help.samacare.com/) Open main navigation Close main navigation - [Home](https://help.samacare.com/) - English - United States Show submenu for translations How can we help you? - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. 1. [SamaCare Help Center](https://help.samacare.com/?hsLang=en-us) 2. [Authorizations](https://help.samacare.com/authorizations?hsLang=en-us) 3. [Managing Authorizations](https://help.samacare.com/authorizations?hsLang=en-us#managing-authorizations) # How to Update Existing Authorizations ### Editing and Resubmitting an Authorization You can edit and resubmit an authorization if it is in **Pending, Voided, Sent, or Action Required** status.  **Approved and Denied** authorizations **cannot be edited,** but their **status can still be changed through day 365**, measured **from the most recent status update**. This status-change option applies to all authorizations. After an authorization has remained in the same status for **more than 365 days**, it becomes **read-only**.  - **Approved authorizations:** Authorization details, including dates of service, cannot be edited. If an authorization was approved for the wrong dates of service, contact the payer directly to have them corrected. - **Denied authorizations:** Authorization details cannot be edited. To challenge the denial, submit an appeal. **Steps:** 1. Click into the authorization from the PA table. 2. Click the purple **Follow Up** button at the top of the authorization. 3. Select **Update PA**. This lets you modify the information on the authorization and resubmit it. The authorization status will automatically change to **Updating PA** until it's submitted again. 4. A confirmation screen will ask if you're sure you want to update the PA. Click **Continue** to proceed to the Patient and Insurance page. Once you've made all the necessary edits, you can resubmit the authorization either: - **Via fax form**, or - **Through the payer portal** Whichever method you choose, be sure to complete all the steps required to fully submit the authorization. Once submitted, the status will return to **Sent** or **Pending**.  **Note:** Fax authorizations also have a **Resend** option, which lets you resubmit the same authorization to the original fax number or to a different one.  ### Renewing an Authorization SamaCare's **Renew** feature becomes available once an authorization is within 30 days of its expiration date, and it will appear directly in the authorization table. The Renew feature is only available for authorizations in **Approved** status, and only for those that have an **End Date** set: - If no End Date was entered on the authorization, the Renew feature will not be available, since the system has no way to know a renewal is due. - The **Renew** button appears starting 30 days before the End Date and remains available for 30 days after the End Date.  *Note: If your practice needs to see renewals further out than 30 days, an Admin can reach out to [help@samacare.com](mailto:help@samacare.com).*  If **Renew** isn't available—for example, because the authorization is in **Denied** status, has no **End Date**, or is outside the renewal window—use **Duplicate** instead. This creates a new authorization using the information from the previous one. Update the dates and clinical information, then submit the new request.   - [Welcome Aboard](https://help.samacare.com/welcome-aboard?hsLang=en-us) - [Getting Started](https://help.samacare.com/getting-started?hsLang=en-us) - [Authorizations](https://help.samacare.com/authorizations?hsLang=en-us#main-content) - [Submitting Authorizations](https://help.samacare.com/authorizations?hsLang=en-us#submitting-authorizations) - [Managing Authorizations](https://help.samacare.com/authorizations?hsLang=en-us#managing-authorizations) - [Help and Support](https://help.samacare.com/help-and-support?hsLang=en-us) - [FAQ](https://help.samacare.com/faq?hsLang=en-us) - [EHR](https://help.samacare.com/ehr?hsLang=en-us) - [Home](https://help.samacare.com/) [![samacare logo](https://help.samacare.com/hubfs/SamaCare_logo_hubspot.svg "samacare logo")](https://www.samacare.com/) Copyright © 2026,