CMS, HHS can use existing federal authority to regulate AI safety in hospitals: JAMA
Fierce Healthcare July 31, 2024
As artificial intelligence rapidly makes inroads in healthcare, federal agencies already have the authority to regulate AI at the hospital bedside, according to some healthcare researchers.
Many groups have called for new regulation of AI in healthcare. But, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and Duke University School of Medicine contend in a recent JAMA Health Forum viewpoint article that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) should use the existing mandates in the Medicare and Medicaid Conditions of Participation (CoPs) to oversee AI safety in hospitals.
Medicare’s CoPs set health and safety standards for healthcare organizations and are designed to protect patient health and safety regardless of healthcare intervention...