Medicare's pilot programme using artificial intelligence to automate prior authorisation decisions is generating significant delays and errors, according to participating physicians. Federal officials defend the system as necessary for cost control and fraud reduction, but frontline clinicians report it creates substantial administrative burden rather than efficiency gains. — Photo by Castorly Stock on Pexels (Pexels License)
Prof. Giorgi Pkhakadze, MD, MPH, PhD, is Editor-in-Chief of the Georgian Medical Journal and Chair of the Public Health Institute of Georgia (PHIG). He is Professor and Head of the Department of Social and Behavioural Sciences at David Tvildiani Medical University, and Secretary/Treasurer of the UEMS Section of Public Health. ORCID: 0000-0001-7609-4515.
