Longyear Health January 13, 2026
CMS Innovation Center’s New Approach to Reducing Wasteful Care in Original Medicare
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Innovation Center has launched the Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction (WISeR) Model, a voluntary initiative designed to address one of the most persistent challenges in American health care: the delivery of medically unnecessary services that harm patients and waste taxpayer dollars. Set to run from January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2031, WISeR represents a novel approach that leverages enhanced technologies and private sector expertise to ensure that Medicare beneficiaries receive appropriate, evidence-based care.
Importantly, while “fraud and waste” has been used as a political shield to justify constitutional violations and to dismantle democratic institutions, it is an actual problem...
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