Congressional Democrats try to force a vote to end Medicare AI prior authorization pilot

Senate and House Democrats introduced resolutions Wednesday to overturn a Medicare pilot that uses artificial intelligence to approve or deny care. The technology experiment has led to allegations of delayed care for seniors in at least one of the six states it is currently being implemented. The newest effort to force a vote to stop the experiment follows a Government Accountability Office ruling from last week. The GAO determined that the Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction program (WISeR) is subject to congressional approval and should have been submitted to Congress before going into effect in January. Read the rest…