The government-funded health insurance program for more than 90 million Americans offers a countercyclical bet in a market downturn – though enrollment is expected to fall from its peak as the federal Covid public health emergency ends.
The tech giant is looking to improve the exchange of data between doctors and insurers and says the tools will not be used to approve or deny requests.
The software, part of Microsoft’s nearly $19 billion bet on Nuance Communications and the future of artificial intelligence in healthcare, promises to generate notes in seconds but accuracy, liability and even issues like how the note gets formatted may make some doctors hesitate.