Payer AI denies faster. Provider AI appeals faster. Patients wait longer and costs climb. Natalie Janssen, HealthTech Market Analyst at The Market Signal, breaks down the bot-versus-bot prior authorization arms race — what's driving it, why "just buy the tool" is only half an answer, and what health system leaders must do right now.

A Mayo Clinic retaliation lawsuit and a Kaiser nurses protest broke the same week — and they point to the same structural failure. Dr. Wellis and health policy expert Emily Parker dissect what happens when health systems deploy AI without real internal accountability, and what C-suite leaders must do before the next deployment.