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Client Alert | less than 1 min read | 06.01.06

In our Bullet Point of May, 19, 2006, we reported that CMS had lost a bid protest on one of the first competitive procedures to replace the existing fiscal intermediary and Medicare carrier contractors. In a companion protest that the same protester filed on another award under the same RFP, CIGNA Gov't Services, LLC (May 4, 2006, http://www.gao.gov/decisions/bidpro/297915.pdf), CMS prevailed against allegations that CMS had “completely abdicated” its responsibility to perform a cost realism analysis, as GAO found that CMS had considered all relevant information in the awardee's proposal and that there was no basis to question the reasonableness of CMS's analysis.

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Client Alert | 6 min read | 04.29.26

CMS Seeks to Expand Interoperability Requirements to Drug Pre-Authorization (FAQ)

On April 10, 2026, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule (2026 CMS Interoperability Standards and Prior Authorization for Drugs, or CMS-0062-P) outlining the agency’s plans to impose new interoperability requirements on payors participating in certain Medicare and Medicaid programs. As described by the agency in a recent press release, the proposed rule “builds on” prior rulemaking by clarifying and enhancing interoperability requirements for payors’ prior authorization processes, specifically those associated with coverage requests for pharmaceutical therapies....