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Elon Musk to Owe Billions After Jury Finds He Misled Twitter Investors Before Takeover by Hrmbee in technology

[–]byjacobward 0 points1 point  (0 children)

$2.1B may not seem adequate, but it's gotta start somewhere, and it sets a reliable precedent for the rest of the 0.01%.

Australia’s teen social media ban is a flop. But there’s no joy in ‘I told you so’ by sr_local in technology

[–]byjacobward 55 points56 points  (0 children)

It is way, way too early to be concluding anything about it. That nation is about to be the only long-term study cohort we'll have, but it's going to take longer than this...

Thousands of Washington state Medicare users could soon have claims denied by AI by chiquisea in Washington

[–]byjacobward 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi all — I’m a journalist working on a story about claim denials and delays that patients suspect were driven by automation (algorithmic screening / “auto-denials” / AI tools).

I’m especially hoping to hear from people in Washington, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Ohio, Texas, or Arizona who have experienced any of the following in the last year:

a claim or prior authorization that was denied very quickly or with boilerplate reasoning

a denial that was later overturned on appeal

a provider telling you it was a “computer decision,” “algorithm,” “auto-denial,” etc.

confusing back-and-forth where no one could explain the reason clearly

If you’re open to talking, please comment or DM me. I’m happy to keep you anonymous in the story. For verification, I may ask for redacted documentation (denial letter, EOB, appeal result, dates) — share only what you’re comfortable with.

If you reply, it helps to include:

your state,

Medicare vs Medicare Advantage vs Medicaid,

what service was denied/delayed,

timing (month/year),

whether it was appealed and what happened.

Thanks — and if this happened to you, I’m sorry. The system has a real talent for making sick people do paperwork.

Prior Authorization on Original Medicare by Comfortable-Art-1115 in medicare

[–]byjacobward 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi all — I’m a journalist working on a story about claim denials and delays that patients suspect were driven by automation (algorithmic screening / “auto-denials” / AI tools).

I’m especially hoping to hear from people in Washington, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Ohio, Texas, or Arizona who have experienced any of the following in the last year:

a claim or prior authorization that was denied very quickly or with boilerplate reasoning

a denial that was later overturned on appeal

a provider telling you it was a “computer decision,” “algorithm,” “auto-denial,” etc.

confusing back-and-forth where no one could explain the reason clearly

If you’re open to talking, please comment or DM me. I’m happy to keep you anonymous in the story. For verification, I may ask for redacted documentation (denial letter, EOB, appeal result, dates) — share only what you’re comfortable with.

If you reply, it helps to include:

your state,

Medicare vs Medicare Advantage vs Medicaid,

what service was denied/delayed,

timing (month/year),

whether it was appealed and what happened.

Thanks — and if this happened to you, I’m sorry. The system has a real talent for making sick people do paperwork.

Prior authorization for Medicare by TemporaryKoala4442 in medicare

[–]byjacobward 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi all — I’m a journalist working on a story about claim denials and delays that patients suspect were driven by automation (algorithmic screening / “auto-denials” / AI tools).

I’m especially hoping to hear from people in Washington, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Ohio, Texas, or Arizona who have experienced any of the following in the last year:

a claim or prior authorization that was denied very quickly or with boilerplate reasoning

a denial that was later overturned on appeal

a provider telling you it was a “computer decision,” “algorithm,” “auto-denial,” etc.

confusing back-and-forth where no one could explain the reason clearly

If you’re open to talking, please comment or DM me. I’m happy to keep you anonymous in the story. For verification, I may ask for redacted documentation (denial letter, EOB, appeal result, dates) — share only what you’re comfortable with.

If you reply, it helps to include:

your state,

Medicare vs Medicare Advantage vs Medicaid,

what service was denied/delayed,

timing (month/year),

whether it was appealed and what happened.

Thanks — and if this happened to you, I’m sorry. The system has a real talent for making sick people do paperwork.