Is Medicare WISeR model working?

The Medicare WISeR (Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction) Model is a six-year Medicare initiative, starting January 1, 2026, that uses AI-driven prior authorization to reduce low-value or unnecessary services in six states.  The voluntary model will run for six performance years from January 1, 2026, to December 31, 2031, in six states: New Jersey, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas, Arizona, and Washington. But is it going smoothly?  Kerry Hannon, writing for Yahoo! Finance, reports on how this newly implemented policy is being processed. Read Ms. Hannon’s article here…

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