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AI in hospital billing adds nearly $1B in extra costs
https://www.bcbs.com/about-us/association-news/bcbsa-analysis-ai-coding-tools-affects-healthcare-costs
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salawat
Sep 27, 2026, 5:26 PM
Insurers are not innocent in this. Prior Auth is purely used not as info collection, but as friction to encourage abandonment of treatment. AI just magnifies the bad incentives that already exist with the business model in question on both sides.