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CMS Imposes New Requirements on Payers to Improve Prior Authorization Process and Payer, Patient and Provider Communications

Hall Render

The Final Rule also imposes additional reporting requirements under the Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program for eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals and for eligible clinicians reporting under the Promoting Interoperability performance category of the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System.

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CMS Finalizes its Proposal to Advance Interoperability and Improve Prior Authorization Processes

Healthcare Law Blog

The payers impacted by the Final Rule include Medicare Advantage (“MA”) organizations, state Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (“CHIP”) agencies, Medicaid and CHIP managed care plans, and plans on the Affordable Care Act exchanges (collectively, “Impacted Payers”).