How do I show my utilization-management algorithm assessed the individual patient?

You need a record that the determination turned on patient-specific clinical facts and coverage criteria, not solely a model score — documentation of the inputs, the clinician's individualized review, and the model's defined, bounded role. Reproducible…

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You need a record that the determination turned on patient-specific clinical facts and coverage criteria, not solely a model score — documentation of the inputs, the clinician's individualized review, and the model's defined, bounded role. Reproducible evidence of how the model behaves on representative cases supports that the tool was an aid, not the decider. Planisphere measures and documents that model behaviour; the individualized clinical assessment and its record remain the plan's responsibility.

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CMS can require evidence around clinical workflows, ePHI boundaries, change control, or patient-impacting decisions. A t…

Medicare/Medicaid coverage · algorithm cannot be the sole basis to deny care.

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Start with the free sandbox. Planisphere measures model behaviour and emits a reproducible, sha-pinned record — it does not certify, file, or give legal advice.

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When CMS asks for proof, hand over records — not assurances.

record the duty · seal the receipt · verify offline

Planisphere records each duty event — an output marked, a disclosure shown, a review made — and seals it into a receipt that verifies offline against our published keys. You send hashes, never content. A record is evidence a third party can check; it is not a certification and not a legal determination.

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