When the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced its new Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction (WISeR) Model this summer, the agency framed the program as an effort to cut down on unnecessary spending, fraud and abuse in Medicare. But for ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs), the six-year test could mean new layers of prior authorization, administrative work and uncertainty around how advanced technologies will be applied in clinical decisions. The voluntary model – set to begin Jan. 1, 2026 – will operate in six states: New Jersey, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas, Arizona and Washington. It applies only to traditional Medicare and focuses on certain services that CMS says have historically carried a higher risk of misuse.
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Source: https://ascnews.com/2025/10/cms-wiser-model-brings-new-oversight-raises-questions-for-ascs/