CMS will implement prior authorization requirements for certain traditional fee-for-service Medicare services in six states starting next year. New Jersey, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas, Arizona, and ...

Berwick is a former administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. He is a senior fellow for health policy and Ducas is the VP of health policy at the Center for American Progress.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a new experimental model late last week to streamline some prior authorizations under the traditional Medicare program, but some ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — A new Medicare pilot program, the Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction (WISeR) Model, is set to launch next year in Ohio and five other states, potentially changing how older ...

A group of House Democrats is seeking answers from CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz, MD, regarding a new initiative that will add prior authorization for some traditional fee-for-service Medicare services.

CMS has unveiled the Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction model, a new Innovation Center initiative that will add prior authorization for some traditional fee-for-service Medicare services.

The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) is a non-partisan, independent agency that provides Congress with policy and technical advice to improve the Medicare program. The Commission has long ...