Hospitals Use AI to Maximize Billing, Insurers to Minimize It — The Real Problem Is US Incentives
HealthcareAIGuy · x · 2026-09-28
A commentary noting hospitals use AI to maximize billing while insurers use it to minimize payouts — saying more about US healthcare incentives than AI itself. For AI to be deflationary, the argument goes, it should be used to see more patients, cut wait times, and automate the admin work that drives costs.
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