Automation proposes, people decide

October 24, 2026

Our detector flagged 1,692 candidate rows in one public file. Software found them; software cannot say what they mean. Each candidate needs someone who can see the contract or the remittance history to settle it.

That boundary is a feature. A detector casts a wide net on purpose, accepting false positives so real issues cannot hide. The cost of the wide net is human review, and skipping the review turns a useful screen into a noise machine.

Design the handoff deliberately. The tool emits candidates with reasons and evidence pointers. A person records the disposition. The result is a queue people can finish, not a count nobody trusts.

Read the original research: When a zero count has a median.

Sources: CMS FAQ; CMS technical documentation.