St. Peter’s Healthcare System prepared its staff and processes for the new Medicare prior authorization pilot starting January ...
A new bill from Democratic lawmakers seeks to repeal a controversial bill from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services that would put artificial intelligence at the forefront of medical ...
Recently, we put together a template to help medical professionals explain a confusing process. Readers gave us very pointed feedback, so we updated it. By Ron Lieber Two months ago, I shared my tale ...
A breast cancer diagnosis should trigger immediate action. But for many patients, the journey to treatment begins with delays, often caused by outdated prior authorization (PA) processes. Designed to ...
The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday quietly approved a generic form of mifepristone, one of the two medications used in most U.S. abortions. That makes the drug, from the company Evita ...
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Therapists treating Medicaid enrollees in Colorado will have to get the state’s authorization to conduct more than 24 sessions with an individual patient in ...
A CMS pilot program that would add prior authorization for some traditional fee-for-service Medicare services has come under increased scrutiny by some members of Congress, including a call to pause ...
The program, called WISeR, aims to reduce wasteful spending and fraud in the Medicare system. Doctors and Democrats have raised concerns that the pre-approval process could delay or deny necessary ...
As congressional Democrats and Republicans battle over how to avert a potential government shutdown, another issue -- reining in prior authorizations -- remains on both parties' radar screens, ...
The CMS will soon make it more difficult for providers in six states to get reimbursed in Medicare for certain medical procedures it has deemed “low value,” but some stakeholders worry it could lead ...
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 ...