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elderly patients

Incidents Harmed By

Incident 60821 Report
UnitedHealth Accused of Deploying Allegedly Flawed AI to Deny Medical Coverage

2023-02-28

UnitedHealthcare allegedly used a faulty AI algorithm with a 90% error rate to override doctors' recommendations and deny health coverage. This AI, developed by NaviHealth, reportedly led to premature discharge from care facilities and substantial out-of-pocket expenses for patients, according to a lawsuit filed in the District Court for Minnesota.

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Incident 5011 Report
Length of Stay False Diagnosis Cut Off Insurer's Payment for Treatment of Elderly Woman

2019-06-03

An elderly Wisconsin woman was algorithmically determined to have a rapid recovery, an output which the insurer based on to cut off payment for her treatment despite medical notes showing her still experiencing debilitating pain.

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Related Entities
Other entities that are related to the same incident. For example, if the developer of an incident is this entity but the deployer is another entity, they are marked as related entities.
 

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UnitedHealthcare

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 608
    21 Reports

    UnitedHealth Accused of Deploying Allegedly Flawed AI to Deny Medical Coverage

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NaviHealth

Incidents involved as both Developer and Deployer
  • Incident 501
    1 Report

    Length of Stay False Diagnosis Cut Off Insurer's Payment for Treatment of Elderly Woman

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 608
    21 Reports

    UnitedHealth Accused of Deploying Allegedly Flawed AI to Deny Medical Coverage

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Medicare Advantage Plan Patients

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 608
    21 Reports

    UnitedHealth Accused of Deploying Allegedly Flawed AI to Deny Medical Coverage

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Healthcare Providers (Doctors and Therapists)

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 608
    21 Reports

    UnitedHealth Accused of Deploying Allegedly Flawed AI to Deny Medical Coverage

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Security Health Plan

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 501
    1 Report

    Length of Stay False Diagnosis Cut Off Insurer's Payment for Treatment of Elderly Woman

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Frances Walter

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 501
    1 Report

    Length of Stay False Diagnosis Cut Off Insurer's Payment for Treatment of Elderly Woman

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