{"id":106570,"date":"2026-07-15T09:25:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T09:25:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/106570\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T09:25:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T09:25:13","slug":"nations-largest-medicare-advantage-insurers-pressed-on-ai-denials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/106570\/","title":{"rendered":"Nation’s largest Medicare Advantage insurers pressed on AI denials"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bob covers the money in health care, focusing on health insurance and hospitals. His stories delve into Medicare Advantage, opaque prescription drug benefits, and how much executives actually make. He is also the author of the Health Care Inc. newsletter<\/a>. You can reach Bob on Signal at bobjherman.09.<\/p>\n

Sens. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) are calling on the nation\u2019s largest Medicare Advantage insurers to provide internal records and detailed information on their use of artificial intelligence to block rehabilitative care.<\/p>\n

The lawmakers\u2019 request \u2014 a moment of bipartisan scrutiny on a controversial federal health care program \u2014 comes just one month after a government investigation unearthed a continuing pattern of denials within Medicare Advantage.<\/p>\n

In letters provided to STAT, Blumenthal and Hawley told executives at UnitedHealth Group, Humana, and CVS Health that recent findings<\/a> by the Office of the Inspector General for the Health and Human Services Department undercut their companies\u2019 claims to have reduced barriers to crucial medical services.<\/p>\n

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