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When Regulators Step Back, Hospitals Own the AI Control Spec

As ONC narrows federal certification and defers information blocking changes, hospitals can no longer assume regulators will define what a checkable AI control looks like.

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Clinical AI Already Has Rules. Most Deployments Sit Outside Them.

The real governance decision for health systems is not whether to build an AI committee, but which deployments already sit inside CLIA, ONC certification, or HIPAA, and which sit in open air.

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The 2027 Prior Auth Deadline Turns Into a Governance Test

CMS-0057-F's FHIR mandate and ONC's narrower certification floor mean health systems must run their own AI vendor diligence before January 2027.

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Prior Authorization Is Already a Clinical AI Governance Regime

While experts debate a new regulatory framework for clinical AI, CMS-0057-F already imposes auditable timeliness and explainability controls on AI deciding prior authorization.

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Prior Authorization Shows the Fix Isn't Faster AI, It's Shared Rails

A payer-provider prior authorization partnership built on shared infrastructure, not competing point tools, is the governance model revenue cycle AI actually needs.