St. Anthony provides critical medical services to a mostly poor population on Chicago’s near-west side, according to the complaint. In mid-February, the state owed it at least $22 million in Medicaid money, due mainly to private Medicaid Managed Care Organizations’ failure to comply with Medicaid Act requirements, the hospital says.
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.