Democratic lawmakers are requesting that the Trump administration hand over data related to the implementation of a pilot program that uses artificial intelligence to make Medicare coverage decisions.
A coalition of Democratic lawmakers sent a letter to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Mehmet Oz on Monday seeking comprehensive data on the efficacy of the agency’s Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction (WISeR) model. The six-year trial uses AI algorithms to determine the medical necessity of select Medicare procedures across Texas, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Ohio, Washington, and Arizona.
The trial comes amid CMS efforts under Oz to crack down on ...
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