An algorithm, not a doctor, predicted a rapid recovery for Frances Walter, an 85-year-old Wisconsin woman with a shattered left shoulder.
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Denied by AI: How Medicare Advantage plans use algorithms to cut off care for seniors in need Health insurance companies have rejected medical claims for as long as they've been around. But a STAT investigation found artificial intelligence is now driving their denials to new heights in Medicare Advantage, the taxpayer-funded alternative to traditional Medicare that covers more than 31 million people. Read more. By Casey Ross and Bob Herman |
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'I'm terrified': Patients scramble for treatment after 13 ketamine clinics shut down Ketamine Wellness Centers' recent closure was an abrupt end to what its CEO depicted just months earlier as a booming business with plans for new clinics and treatments. To patients, the news came as a complete shock, leaving them in a scramble to find new providers, some of them rushing to get appointments before their symptoms come back, they told STAT. Read more. By Isabella Cueto
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'Leave the chocolate milk out of this': School cooks, parents, kids push back on USDA effort to make lunches healthier A February proposal from the USDA looked to make school meals healthier by limiting the amount of added sugar and sodium in breakfasts and lunches. No element of the proposal has generated more vitriol than a suggestion that the agency might stop reimbursing schools for chocolate milk served to children in elementary and middle school. Read more. By Nicholas Florko
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