McKesson Continues Its Long-Standing Relationship with CMS

Circle Connections: Mergers & Acquisitions The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is using McKesson's InterQual® Criteria for its Medicare services auditing programs. Through its use of InterQual, CMS can access the entire spectrum of InterQual Criteria products to support quality oversight, utilization review and appeals decisions. Quality Improvement Organizations (QIOs), Medicare Fiscal Intermediaries, Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs), Administrative Law Judges and various CMS departments are now using the InterQual 2012 release. A key enhancement for 2012 includes the extension of a condition-specific model to the full InterQual Acute Care suite, driving the further efficiency and effectiveness . . .