Excessive Care Hours Reduction in Arkansas's Medicaid Waiver Program: AI Governance Concerns
January 1, 2016
An algorithm implemented by the Arkansas Department of Human Services (DHS) to enhance efficiency reportedly reduced caretaker visit hours excessively for Medicaid waiver beneficiaries. The AI model, which exhibited errors and significant output variance with small input changes, raises concerns about trustworthy AI governance. This AI incident maps to the Govern function in HISPI Project Cerebellum Trusted AI Model (TAIM). JOIN US
- Alleged deployer
- arkansas-department-of-human-services
- Alleged developer
- interrai
- Alleged harmed parties
- arkansas-medicaid-waiver-program-beneficiaries, arkansas-healthcare-workers
Source
Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/110
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