Politico December 13, 2023
Daniel Payne, Ruth Reader, Erin Schumaker and Evan Peng

National Coordinator for Health IT Micky Tripathi has overseen development of the new AI rules.

The Department of Health and Human Services has struck first in regulating the new artificial intelligence tools in health care

The agency announced today it will require more transparency about artificial intelligence used in clinical settings, with the goal of helping providers understand algorithms’ potential risk, POLITICO’s Ben Leonard reports.

Why? The final rule will fill a void in regulation, aiming to help providers, like hospitals and physician groups, choose safer artificial intelligence that avoids bias. As it stands, AI in health care is loosely regulated and little is known about how the algorithms work.

It also fulfills requirements under President Joe Biden’s recent executive...

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