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Committee member urges automated audits to curb improper health-care payments; witnesses warn limits of current AI
Summary
At a Joint Economic Committee exchange, a committee member argued for greater use of automated controls and continuous auditing to detect improper government health-care payments. Witnesses said automation can help but cautioned that current artificial intelligence cannot make fully deterministic decisions for final dispositions.
A committee member at the Joint Economic Committee pressed witnesses on expanding automated controls and continuous auditing to prevent improper government payments, saying, "All transaction that government disperse should be properly approved and authorized." The member cited private‑sector auditing experience and called for better matching of databases and automated checks to improve oversight of health‑care spending.
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