STAT+: New documents raise more questions about Medicare’s AI prior-authorization experiment
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Recently uncovered documentation has intensified scrutiny surrounding an initiative testing automated tools for Medicare coverage determinations. The records prompt fresh concerns regarding how algorithmic systems evaluate care requests for federal beneficiaries.
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