Sunday, July 26, 2026

1. Signal of the Day · Regulation & Policy

   Bipartisan bill would require physician sign-off and 10-year records for AI-based Medicare Advantage denials

   The Protecting Patients from Automated Denials Act (H.R. 9734) would bar Medicare Advantage plans from denying prior authorization on the basis of AI output unless a board-matched physician reviews and attests to independent judgment, discloses AI use and the reviewer's NPI to patient and provider, retains the decision record for 10 years, and reports the underlying algorithm and overturn rates to HHS every 90 days.

   HighBy Congress.govRead at source ↗

2. SNF / Post-Acute

   Private equity firm Frazier Healthcare to acquire post-acute EHR MatrixCare from ResMed for $490M

   One of the two dominant long-term and post-acute EHRs, used by more than 15,000 providers and actively embedding clinical AI such as ambient documentation and risk prediction, is changing ownership to a private-equity firm, resetting vendor-risk, BAA-continuity and model-change-control questions for its provider customers.

   MedBy MedTech DiveRead at source ↗

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