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CMS Launches New Model to Target Wasteful, Inappropriate Services in Original Medicare - cms.gov
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will partner with companies specializing in enhanced technologies to ensure people with original Medicare receive safe, effective, and necessary care. The Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction (WISeR) will build upon other changes being made to the prior authorization process. “CMS is committed to crushing fraud, waste, and abuse, and the WISeR Model will help root out waste in Original Medicare,” said CMS Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz. To read the press release, click here…
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