EFF Sues for Answers About Medicare's AI Experiment
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- #FOIA Lawsuit
- #AI in Healthcare
- #Medicare Transparency
- EFF files FOIA lawsuit against CMS to obtain records about the WISeR AI program evaluating Medicare requests.
- WISeR uses AI for prior authorization in Medicare, raising concerns about transparency, bias, and wrongful denials.
- Critics warn WISeR may harm patients by incentivizing denials of care, with vendors profiting from savings.
- The program lacks disclosed safeguards against algorithmic bias, privacy violations, and wrongful denials.
- EFF's FOIA request seeks vendor agreements, accuracy tests, and audits, but CMS has not provided any records.
- Public transparency is demanded to understand AI's role in healthcare decisions affecting millions.