CMS proposes rule to streamline prior authorization, require justification for denials

CMS has proposed new rules intended to improve access to health information and “streamline” processes that are involved with prior authorization, according to a press release from the agency.

“CMS is committed to strengthening access to quality care and making it easier for clinicians to provide that care,” Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, an administrator at CMS, said in the release. Read more in Healio.