The health field is generating some of the most exciting AI innovation, but AI can also weaponize modern medicine against the same people it sets out to cure.
Department of Health and Human Services Chief Information Officer Dr. Karl Mathias highlighted three major areas of AI progress he’s seeing within the health care sector during his keynote address at the Potomac Officers Club’s 4th Annual CIO Summit.
The number of health care business transactions conducted electronically continues to grow, saving physician practices time and money. But two types of transactions continue to lag way behind: Prior authorization and attachments used in the submission of additional information—frequently to support a prior authorization request or appeal.