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 ...

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.

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 ...

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.