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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

CMS Releases FAQ Discussing New WISeR Model

As a follow-up to its recent announcement of the new Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction (WISeR) Model (which we have previously covered here: CMS Unveils New Prior Authorization “WISeR Model” for Electrical Nerve...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

So You Want to Start a Concierge Medicine Practice? Here are Five Key Legal Considerations

With increased consolidation of traditional medical practices and declining reimbursement rates, many physicians are turning to alternative models like concierge medicine to preserve their independence. Concierge medicine...more

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[Virtual Event] Compliance Auditing & Monitoring Conference - September 25th, 8:00 am - 5:00 pm CT

Is your organization’s compliance program set up for long-term success? For a compliance program to be successful, it's essential to monitor performance on an ongoing basis, and periodically stop and audit your efforts to...more

Jones Day

Coming January 2026: CMS Launches AI Program to Screen Prior Authorization Requests for Treatments

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New CMS program, WISeR, will leverage third parties to screen prior authorization requests using technologically enhanced processes....more

Rivkin Radler LLP

Expert Witness Report in FCA Case Afflicted with AI Hallucinations

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The epidemic of out-of-control generative artificial intelligence in litigation filings has metastasized to a False Claims Act (FCA) lawsuit against a group of Utah anesthesiologists. On July 25, Mountain West Anesthesia, LLC...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

CMS Launches WISeR Model to Curb Overuse of Medicare Services

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is looking to reduce the volume of "low value" services furnished to Original Medicare beneficiaries through the recently announced Wasteful and Inappropriate Service...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

WISeR Model Will Test the Use of Artificial Intelligence for Prior Authorization in Medicare: Key Considerations for Health Care...

The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) recently announced a six-year payment model for 2026-2031 called the Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction (WISeR) Model. WISeR will test the use of artificial...more

Stevens & Lee

New Changes to Medicare and Private Prior Authorization Processes

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Both the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and dozens of the nation’s largest insurance companies have revealed upcoming changes to their prior authorization processes. These changes aim to reduce the prevalence...more

Phelps Dunbar

Medicare’s New AI Payment Review Model: What Providers Need to Know

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CMS announced the rollout of the WISeR (Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction) model in June. It aims to use technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) to “ensure timely and appropriate Medicare payment for select...more

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September 2025 CPT Editorial Panel meeting: what’s on the agenda and why it matters

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The American Medical Association (AMA) CPT®* Editorial Panel will convene in Chicago, Illinois, from September 18 to 20, 2025. The meeting agenda includes proposals to create new current procedural terminology (CPT) codes and...more

Epstein Becker & Green

The First National Health Care Fraud Takedown of the Second Trump Administration: What Stayed the Same and What is New?

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On June 30, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”), together with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (“HHS OIG”) and other law enforcement partners, announced the results of the...more

Alston & Bird

Getting the Band Back Together: DOJ and HHS Launch New False Claims Act Enforcement Working Group

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The Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Justice have formed a False Claims Act (FCA) enforcement working group to target health care fraud. Our Health Care Litigation Group highlights what industry...more

Buchalter

Blame It on the Bot: Health Care Fraud and Compliance in theAge of AI

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A large health system implements an Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered clinical decision support tool that promises to ensure “complete and accurate” diagnosis documentation. Within six months, the system’s Medicare...more

Goodwin

A Look Ahead in Life Sciences: What We Are Tracking in the Third Quarter of 2025 and Beyond

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As the life sciences, medtech, and diagnostic industries continue to grow increasingly complex, so does the legal, regulatory, and compliance landscape. To help companies and investors navigate the many evolving and emerging...more

Warner Norcross + Judd

Insights from the Largest DOJ Health Care Fraud Enforcement Effort in U.S. History

On June 30, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the largest coordinated health care fraud enforcement effort in U.S. history, involving criminal charges against over 300 defendants and over $14.6 billion in health care...more

Tucker Arensberg, P.C.

New CMS Model Targets Inefficient Medicare Spending Through AI and Clinical Oversight

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has launched the WISeR Model (Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction) to modernize and streamline Medicare’s prior authorization process. ...more

Morgan Lewis

CMS Is Getting WISeR About Medicare Waste—But At What Cost To Providers?

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced the launch of the Wasteful and Inappropriate Services Reduction (WISeR) Model, a six-year model under the CMS Innovation Center aimed at reducing...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

CMS Unveils New Prior Authorization “WISeR Model” for Electrical Nerve Stimulators, Skin and Tissue Substitutes and Knee...

CMS recently announced a new model it will be using to pilot the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning in reviewing prior authorizations submitted for certain services CMS has identified as being at greater risk...more

Benesch

CMS Launches WISeR Model: A Technology-Enabled Effort to Reduce Wasteful Medicare Spending

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On June 27, 2025, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”), through its Innovation Center (“CMMI”), released the Request for Applications (“RFA”) for a new payment and service delivery initiative: the Wasteful and...more

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Dialysis & Nephrology Digest - June 2025

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Byonyks, a medical device company focused on advancing dialysis care, today announced that it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for the Byonyks X1 APD Cycler, an automated peritoneal...more

Jones Day

Medicare's Innovation Center Charts New Direction: Part 2 – Digital Health and AI

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The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation ("CMMI") is set to reshape value-based care. In the second of a three-part series highlighting this new direction, this summary is focused on CMMI's efforts regarding digital...more

Hogan Lovells

AI Summit panelists offer tips for obtaining reimbursement for innovative health care technology

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Hogan Lovells and the AI Health Care Coalition recently hosted their fourth annual AI Health Law & Policy Summit, where thought leaders and policymakers gathered to discuss a variety of topics including reimbursement issues...more

Morgan Lewis

How the Health Tech Investment Act Could Reshape Medicare Reimbursement for Algorithm-Based Services

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As AI transforms medicine, some of the most promising healthcare innovations are at risk of exclusion by Medicare’s outdated and complex reimbursement structures. The Health Tech Investment Act, or S. 1399, introduced in...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

CMS Administrator Outlines His Vision for CMS at NFP Healthcare Investors Conference

The Administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Dr. Mehmet Oz, spoke to non-profit health system executives, investors, and industry observers this week at the 25th Annual Not-for-Profit Healthcare...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Podcast - Innovations and Insights in the Palliative Care Space

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In this episode of "Counsel That Cares," Daniel Patten, a partner in Holland & Knight's Healthcare Regulatory & Enforcement Practice, and Spencer Freeman, chief strategy officer at Gentiva, discuss the challenges and...more

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