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 ...
Availity®, the nation’s largest health information network, reinforced its preparedness for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Interoperability and Prior Authorization Final Rule (CMS-0057-F) and ...
CMS has proposed a new rule to extend electronic prior authorization requirements to prescription drugs, aiming to speed approvals, improve transparency, and align standards across programs. The ...
A new proposed rule from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services would reduce the required response time to Medicare ...
CMS has proposed a 2026 rule to extend electronic prior authorization and interoperability requirements to prescription drugs under Medicare Advantage, Medicaid, CHIP, and ACA exchange plans. The ...
Recently, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued all the fiscal year (FY) 2026 Medicare final regulations for different facility types: hospice facilities, inpatient psychiatric ...
Prior authorization has become one of the clearest points where administrative complexity directly affects patient care. For ...
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 ...
Health data company Smile Digital Health and MCG Health are partnering in a move that will help payers meet the requirements of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Interoperability and ...
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 ...
Health insurers face a prior authorization prescription drug mandate similar to the rule imposed on claims, under a proposal released Friday by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. CMS is ...