MDCalc, a company that provides over 800 clinical tools and calculators to doctors, is launching a quality-rating system to address the lack of transparency around bias and validity in these calculators.[4388202] Medicare is planning to overhaul its payment structure for clinical software and AI, which will have a significant impact on what emerging technologies get commercialized and reach patients.[4285355][4247445] The proposed rules for hospital outpatient payments and physician fees for 2027 propose a practical change to the way Medicare labels and pays for several clinical software and AI services.[4285355] Industry experts say that the new payment structure will help ensure that clinical software and AI are developed and deployed in ways that prioritize patient outcomes and minimize bias.[4247445]