Medicare AI Program Results in 'Lengthy Treatment Delays'—New Data Shows
Medicare inserted AI into prior authorization before parts of the technology and the surrounding process were fully tested and working together,” Michael Ryan, a finance expert and the founder of MichaelRyanMoney.com, told Newsweek. “The result is a faster way to create a bottleneck. When a request that is supposed to take 72 hours can sit unanswered for weeks, that is no longer administrative efficiency.
- ▪Medicare inserted AI into prior authorization before parts of the technology and the surrounding process were fully tested and working together,” Michael Ryan, a finance expert and the founder of MichaelRyanMoney.com, told Newsweek.
- ▪“The result is a faster way to create a bottleneck.
- ▪When a request that is supposed to take 72 hours can sit unanswered for weeks, that is no longer administrative efficiency.
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By Suzanne BlakeReporter0ShareNewsweek is a Trust Project memberSee more of our trusted coverage when you search.Prefer Newsweek on Googleto see more of our trusted coverage when you search.A Medicare pilot program that uses artificial intelligence to help review prior authorization requests has led to "lengthy treatment delays" in patient care and concerns about inadequate testing, according to newly released government records.The records, released as part of a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit brought by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), provide one of the most detailed looks yet at the federal government's Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction (WISeR) model, a Medicare initiative launched in January that relies on AI-assisted reviews for certain medical…
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