Just going to leave this here.

Testing in prod, where prod may be life and death medical decisions, seems... unwise.

I don't know about hating AI for this. Prior authorization is pretty straight-forward and rules-based. It's actually not a bad use case in theory. In practice, it's probably more like, "oh, great, we can deny all these claims and dodge accountability by blaming AI, while we pay Trump's buddies for the service."

As someone not entirely against AI: No fucking shit. AI is terrible at reasoning and judgement.

Prior Authorization is a problem, not just AI. It’s supposed to be a solution for when doctors do things like order MRIs for every patient at imaging centers they own or get kickbacks from.

But we have a method to deal with that already and it’s called arrest and trial. Why is the solution make sick people wait for paperwork? The majority of these services are appropriate.

Fuck prior authorization and fuck letting insurance companies deny claims at all! We paid for our god damned insurance, being allowed to use it should be a right, not a vaunted privilege that can be fraudulently ripped away while we die with no recourse after a lifetime of paying exorbitant rates!

Even when people "win" their appeals, the delay in care can be enough to kill them. Shit, the stress alone is insane.