{
  "id": 7586223,
  "title": "Medicare is using AI to approve claims. The result has been ‘alarmingly high denial rates.’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/medicare-is-using-ai-to-approve-claims-the-result-has-been-alarmingly",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-15T16:11:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MarketWatch",
    "slug": "marketwatch",
    "url": "https://www.marketwatch.com/story/medicare-is-using-ai-to-approve-claims-the-result-has-been-alarmingly-high-denial-rates-db87d902?mod=mw_rss_topstories"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A pilot program using artificial intelligence to approve care for Medicare beneficiaries has resulted in high levels of denials and delayed decisions and prompted warnings from a vendor about a lack of readiness, according to a lawsuit seeking information about the program.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}