Verma: Prior Authorization Needed, But Can’t Impede Practice Of Medicine

By Michelle M. Stein / August 19, 2019 at 2:45 PM
CMS Administrator Seema Verma on Thursday (Aug. 15) said there are some areas of Medicare that scream for more utilization oversight -- and thus prior authorization -- but she also said prior authorization shouldn’t interfere with the practice of medicine or delay patient care, both issues about which providers have long complained. Verma has previously lamented CMS’ inability to use Medicare fee-for-service prior authorization in the same way the private sector can , and the agency recently proposed adding prior...


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