The proposed rule aims to improve prior authorization for prescription drugs by establishing and requiring electronic prior ...
CMS has finalized a 2.6% payment increase for inpatient services, boosted DSH payments, established new interoperability rules for prior authorization, and confirmed the launch of a controversial ...
A large portion of payers and providers have not started or are partially through implementing CMS API requirements, with compliance due by January 1, 2027. Key challenges include funding, developing ...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is launching a new initiative aimed at accelerating adoption of electronic prior ...
Reforming prior authorization processes has been on the regulatory menu for a while. Both patients and providers have argued that prior ...
CMS has added electronic prior authorization to its Health Tech Ecosystem. The agency says health systems, hospitals, ...
As of February, a share of payers and providers had not yet started working toward the application programming interface requirements established by CMS’ interoperability and prior authorization final ...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services May 13 announced 30 health care organizations have pledged early participation ...
Healthcare and technology groups want Medicare Advantage plans included in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' proposed rule to expand access to health information and improve the prior ...
The days of faxed forms and days-long waits for prior authorization approvals are officially ending under the new CMS 2026 rules. With the Interoperability and Prior Authorization Final Rule now in ...
McDermott+ is pleased to bring you Regs & Eggs, a weekly Regulatory Affairs blog by Jeffrey Davis. November 4, 2025 – Trick or treat! On Halloween evening, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Availity®, the nation’s largest real-time health information network, will join two leading health plans to demonstrate insights and best practices gleaned from ...