# Medicare’s new AI experiment sparks alarm among doctors, lawmakers

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/medicares-new-ai-experiment-sparks-alarm-among-doctors-lawmakers/
- Published: 2025-12-08T09:45:00-06:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

Photo: An orthopedic surgeon performing knee arthroscopy. Photo credit: Viktors Duks via Pexels. Article by Anna Claire Vollers. Stateline – December 4, 2025. A Medicare pilot program will allow private companies to use artificial intelligence to review older Americans’ requests for certain medical care — and will reward the companies when they deny it. In January, the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will launch the Wasteful and Inappropriate Services Reduction (WISeR) Model to test AI-powered prior authorizations on certain health services for Medicare patients in six states: Arizona, New Jersey, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas and Washington. The program is scheduled to last through 2031. […] Click here to view original web page at www.stateline.org