Ohio Medicare program will use AI to screen claims for treatment

AI-assisted summary

The program, called WISeR, aims to reduce wasteful spending and fraud in the Medicare system.

Doctors and Democrats have raised concerns that the pre-approval process could delay or deny necessary patient care.

The program will initially apply to over a dozen treatments, including pain relief therapy and skin substitutes.

Artificial intelligence will soon play a role in whether Medicare will pay for Ohioans' pain relief therapy and skin substitute bandages .

Ohio is one of six states selected by President Donald Trump's administratio n to participate in a six-year Medicare pilot program using AI to screen more than a dozen treatments, ranging from steroid injections for pain management to devices for controlling incontinence. More than 2.5 million Ohioan