Rick Weber

Jan 22, 2025 | fgcu360.com | Rick Weber

Engagement Contributors: Cadence Bakker, Photos Temmy Shannon didn’t have much interest in nature before she became a student in Jessica Rhea’s Honors College service course, “Trails for Tails.” Now, the Florida Gulf Coast University junior criminal justice major speaks like a seasoned environmental activist on a mission to spread awareness. “Nature was once unfamiliar to me,” Shannon says, “but now I cannot imagine my life without this connection. Environmental projects such as cleaning up...

Jan 10, 2025 | insidehealthpolicy.com | Rick Weber

Rep. David Schweikert (R-AZ) has introduced two bills on the use of artificial intelligence in health care, the first legislative proposals on AI in the 119th Congress, signaling the continued high-profile role the link between AI and health care will have under the new Republican majority. Schweikert on Jan. 3 introduced H.R. 238 to amend federal drug law to allow AI to be a prescribing practitioner and H.R. 193 to require HHS clarify the use of AI in Medicare payments...

Jan 9, 2025 | insidehealthpolicy.com | Rick Weber

A Congressional Research Service report advises the new 119th Congress on the need to harmonize emerging regulatory requirements on frameworks for the safe and effective use artificial intelligence in health care, to ensure the technology delivers on the benefits promised by its developers.

Nov 12, 2024 | insidehealthpolicy.com | Rick Weber |Cara Smith

The California Privacy Protection Agency Board has voted to move into a formal rulemaking proceeding on a draft proposal that includes regulations for AI in decision-making technologies, amid strong industry opposition and pledges from board members to address those concerns before the rules are finalized. Under the current proposal health care services would trigger regulations that require businesses to provide adverse significant decision notices to consumers.

Oct 17, 2024 | insidehealthpolicy.com | Cara Smith |Rick Weber

The National AI Advisory Committee’s draft transition plan for the next president stresses that timing will be crucial in setting foundational governmental policies on artificial intelligence, emphasizing the need for government AI health care programs to be on “sound fiscal footing.” The plan comes as Congress has failed to pass national AI and privacy bills, forcing agencies to fill the legislative void. The committee released a preliminary draft version of the report at an Oct.