"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. "Combining the speed of technology and the experienced clinicians, this new model helps bring Medicare into the 21st century by testing a streamlined prior authorization process, while protecting Medicare beneficiaries from being given unnecessary and often costly procedures."
Wasteful care, including services that provide little to no clinical benefit, not only increase costs, but also put patients at risk. Waste in healthcare represents up to 25% of healthcare spending in the United States
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Wasteful care, including services that provide little to no clinical benefit, not only increase costs, but also put patients at risk. Waste in healthcare represents up to 25% of healthcare spending in the United States
CMS Launches New Model to Target Wasteful, Inappropriate Services in Original Medicare | CMS
Model will leverage enhanced technologies to protect Medicare beneficiaries, federal taxpayers from unnecessary services, fraud, waste, and abuse
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Does the federal government have a department devoted to coming up with "cute" acronyms?
