Washington, July 24 -- Congressman Herb Conaway Jr. issued the following press release:
Today, Congressman Herb Conaway Jr., MD and Congressman Gregory Murphy, MD introduced the Protecting Patients from Automated Denials Act. This bipartisan bill would establish safeguards on the use of artificial intelligence in Medicare Advantage prior authorization decisions.
Under the bill, any AI-assisted denial must be reviewed and approved by a qualified physician under the supervision of the plan's medical director. It also requires physicians to attest that they exercised independent medical judgement and that the denial was not generated or dictated by AI. Additionally, the bill grants the Department of Health and Human Services the authority t...