Medicare's artificial intelligence preauthorization effort attracted scrutiny in papers released Tuesday. The documents portray an accelerated launch. They also describe alarmingly high denial rates. News reports describe lengthy treatment delays from the pilot effort. MarketWatch reported that Medicare is using artificial intelligence for claim approvals, and that the result has been alarmingly high denial rates. Newsweek also reported the significant care waits. STAT also reported about the released records.

Separately, Medicare intends to broaden a pilot covering tech for managing chronic conditions. STAT covered that planned expansion.