Author: HealthEverywhere Editorial Team
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The Bias Problem in AI-Assisted Remote Monitoring: What CMS and the FDA Still Haven’t Fixed
As AI-driven remote patient monitoring scales across Medicare, a critical question remains unanswered: are these algorithms working equally well for everyone? Research published in 2026 confirms that AI models built on decades of unequal healthcare utilization data can replicate and amplify those inequities — producing less accurate risk alerts for low-income, rural, and minority patients…
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UnitedHealthcare Tried to Cancel Remote Monitoring for Most Medicare Patients. Here’s Why It Matters.
In late 2025, UnitedHealthcare announced it would stop covering remote patient monitoring for nearly all conditions starting January 1, 2026 — including chronic hypertension, diabetes, and COPD — affecting millions of Medicare Advantage members. The policy would have limited RPM coverage to only heart failure and pregnancy hypertension patients. The backlash was immediate. Two weeks…
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CMS WISeR Model Uses AI-Assisted Review for Selected Medicare Prior Authorization Requests
Since January 1, 2026, Medicare patients in six states have had their care requests evaluated by an AI system called WISeR — the Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction model, a CMS pilot active in New Jersey, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas, Arizona, and Washington. The program screens Medicare prior authorization requests for services deemed “low-value,” and it…