CMS must do more to improve MA prior authorization, payment issues, policy experts say

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has made progress in improving the Medicare Advantage program. It must continue to challenge MA plans to narrow prior authorization decision-making times, improve access and ensure fair payment adequacy to providers, Nicole Fallon, VP of managed care public policy or LeadingAge, and Mollie Gurian, VP of home-based public policy for LeadingAge, told McKnight’s Home Care Editor Liza Berger in a Newsmakers podcast.