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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

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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Health Plans’ Commitment to Prior Authorization Improvements: What’s New Versus What’s Already Required

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Health plan members of AHIP and the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association made news earlier this week when they announced a series of steps that a broad swath of health insurers will take to improve the prior authorization...more

Stotler Hayes Group, LLC

Medicare Advantage Plans Onerous Prior Authorizations Requirements & Negative Impacts on Skilled Nursing Facilities

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Traditional Medicare (Parts A and B) and Medicare Advantage (Part C, including additional vision, dental, and hearing benefits) plans aim to provide comprehensive medical benefits to American Seniors and adults with...more

McCarter & English, LLP

New Jersey Statutory Update Part II

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Below is Part II of our New Jersey Statutory update. As you can see from the below, several statutes were passed imposing requirements on health insurance payers, including new requirements for prior authorization request and...more

Groom Law Group, Chartered

CMS Proposed Rule Would Leverage Technology and Interoperability to Improve Prior Authorization

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On Tuesday, December 13, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released a proposed rule (“New Proposed Rule”) to improve the prior authorization process and advance interoperability for Medicare Advantage...more

King & Spalding

Texas Adopts Standard Prior Authorization Form

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In an effort to reduce the number of different prior authorization forms with which providers must contend, the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) has adopted a single, standard form for requesting prior authorization of...more

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