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AI and tech firms lobby CMS officials in a government-run chat room as Medicare promotes AI health apps, KFF Health News reports
What happenedKFF Health News reports a CMS-run Slack workspace of about 1,700 members, few of them patient advocates or doctors, gave AI firms direct access to officials shaping Medicare's AI-app push.
Why it mattersResidents of SNF and AL/SL communities are Medicare enrollees; CMS-listed AI apps that pull medical records reach operators indirectly, through residents, families and EHR vendors.
For leadersWatch whether app access to records through TEFCA keeps per-request patient consent, and whether CMS publishes its Medicare App Library listing criteria.