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CVS algos wrongly ban doctors without reason or investigation
- IG_Semmelweiss 5y agoFull disclosure: not affiliated in any way, past or present with this law firm. Simply thought the article was a good one, since it highlights that Google and FB are not the only one hiding behind algorithms for cutting off users.
- IG_Semmelweiss 5y agoThis is the key passage: "..This system “uses algorithms to gather aggregate data on physician prescribing practices to identify physicians who demonstrate extreme patterns of prescribing certain highly regulated drugs.” Any physician who gets “flagged” by CVS is then interviewed and investigated. Did our client undergo an investigation before CVS took action against him? No. CVS did not look at medical records or charts, patient pharmacy profiles, or individual patient data. It did not talk to any patients. It did not conduct inspection of our client’s practice. It did not single out any prescription as illicit. All it did was go by statistical data and a single phone call...."