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  "title": "Medicare pilot encouraging AI for pre-approvals led to a big drop in services, study finds",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/medicare-pilot-encouraging-ai-for-pre-approvals-led-to-a-big-drop-in",
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  "summary": "Epidural steroid injections fell 15% and other targeted services about 20% in six states, a JAMA study found",
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        "outlet": "MarketWatch",
        "title": "Medicare used AI to pre-approve patient care, and it immediately led to a large drop in medical services",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/medicare-used-ai-to-pre-approve-patient-care-and-it-immediately-led",
        "published": "2026-10-29T11:00:00.000Z"
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