Berwick is a former administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. He is a senior fellow for health policy and Ducas is the VP of health policy at the Center for American Progress.

On December 19, 2025, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) proposed two mandatory Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (“CMMI”) drug payment models to test whether alternative ...

In July, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a six-year test of more aggressive prior authorization in Medicare’s traditional fee-for-service (FFS) program. CMS will conduct ...

Increasing prior authorizations would 'undercut one of the immense benefits of traditional Medicare' Traditional Medicare currently faces fewer prior authorizations than Medicare Advantage, but that ...