The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued its rule requiring federal health plans—including Medicare Advantage plans, Medicaid plans, and Qualified Health Plans on Federally Facilitated Exchanges—to establish an electronic prior authorization process that will be integrated into providers’ workflows.
Ivan Borrello, medical director of the Myeloma, Bone Marrow Transplant and Cell Therapies Program at Tampa General Hospital’s Cancer Institute, watched as flood waters from Hurricane Helene heaved against a contraption called the AquaFence, which is, as the name suggests, a water-impermeable barrier made of marine-grade laminate and various metals that can withstand storm surges of up to 15 feet above sea level.
