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Medicare's new payment model is built for AI. Most of the tech world has no idea
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Pair Team has been accepted into the ACCESS program, a Medicare initiative aimed at testing AI-driven medical care. This program includes 150 participants selected by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
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- Praise: Medicare's new payment model incentivizes the use of AI, potentially leading to more efficient healthcare delivery and better patient outcomes.
- Praise: The integration of AI in healthcare could provide essential companionship for patients, enhancing mental health support in ways traditional methods cannot.
- Concern: The risk of cherry-picking patients under the new payment model raises ethical concerns about equitable healthcare access and treatment fairness.
- Concern: Using AI as a substitute for personal interactions in therapy is viewed as a dangerous practice that could harm vulnerable individuals.