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Medicare AI Prior Authorization Pilot Faces Criticism Over High Denial Rates

New documents reveal that Medicare's rushed AI pilot for prior authorization has caused delayed care and alarmingly high denial rates.

2 publishers · 4 articles · first seen 15 Sept 2026 · updated 2h ago

How it unfolded

Every source in the order it published.

  1. STATSTAT+: Medicare’s AI prior authorization pilot was rushed and full of problems, new documents reveal
  2. STATSTAT+: New documents reveal problems with Medicare’s prior-authorization pilot
  3. STATSTAT+: Medicare to expand its pilot that pays for technology to manage chronic diseases
  4. MarketWatchMedicare is using AI to approve claims. The result has been ‘alarmingly high denial rates.’

Sources

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  1. Medicare is using AI to approve claims. The result has been ‘alarmingly high denial rates.’ MarketWatch
  2. STAT+: Medicare to expand its pilot that pays for technology to manage chronic diseases STAT
  3. STAT+: New documents reveal problems with Medicare’s prior-authorization pilot STAT
  4. STAT+: Medicare’s AI prior authorization pilot was rushed and full of problems, new documents reveal STAT

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