AI in Society · Sat 31 Oct

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Saturday 31 October

Medicare used AI to pre-approve patient care, and it immediately led to a large drop in medical services

AI-generated summary A new Medicare pilot program that uses artificial intelligence to pre-approve patient care has launched in several states including New Jersey, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas, Arizona and Washington state. The study found that the program immediately led to a significant drop in medical services provided to the approximately 6.4 million enrolled Americans after the venture started in January.