Daily Briefing for October 12, 2026
Physician in the Loop · Oct 12, 2026 · 5:00
Physician in the Loop · Oct 12, 2026 · 5:00
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CMS chat room gave tech firms access to officials, report says; device makers seek wider RAPID path; FDA grants pacemaker identifier; GPT-5 misreads images
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Technology and AI companies lobbied federal health officials for about a year in a 1,700-member Slack workspace run by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, KFF Health News reported Oct. 9.
Only a handful of the members were patient advocates, physicians or hospital representatives, according to the report, which drew on thousands of messages, meeting transcripts and recordings. Vendors in the workspace pushed for broader access to patients' records for vetted apps, and CMS officials indicated that apps the agency promotes would be prioritized for a new program paying for AI chatbot advice and wearable tracking, the outlet reported. CMS did not answer questions about whether the group complies with federal advisory committee law.
The weekend was quiet. Device makers pressed CMS to widen its proposed RAPID coverage pathway before comments close Oct. 13, the Food and Drug Administration granted a De Novo to a handheld identifier for implanted cardiac devices, and a study of GPT-5 found image misreadings and unreliable web search in real-world diagnosis.
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