{"id":3491941,"date":"2026-09-26T21:02:06","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T21:02:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/26\/insurers-assert-that-ai-is-already-driving-up-healthcare-expenses\/"},"modified":"2026-09-26T21:02:06","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T21:02:06","slug":"insurers-assert-that-ai-is-already-driving-up-healthcare-expenses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/26\/insurers-assert-that-ai-is-already-driving-up-healthcare-expenses\/","title":{"rendered":"Insurers assert that AI is already driving up healthcare expenses"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/insurers-assert-that-ai-is-already-driving-up-healthcare-expenses.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"speakable-summary\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to an evaluation by the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, hospitals&#8217; employment of artificial intelligence tools while filing insurance claims resulted in an extra $942 million in healthcare expenditures over a span of two years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The BCBSA evaluation identified \u201ca significant rise in the documentation of patients with complex conditions,\u201d but contended that there is a \u201cdistinct inconsistency between [medical] coding and treatment,\u201d as there\u2019s \u201cno proof of a corresponding alteration in care provided.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The New York Times highlighted the analysis as merely the latest evidence that AI is driving up healthcare costs. While disputes between hospitals and insurers regarding treatments and payments are longstanding, the NYT indicated that the application of AI on both fronts appears to exacerbate the situation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. Shiv Rao, the founder of AI startup Abridge, acknowledged that the application of AI could usher in \u201ca terrible dystopian future that no one wishes to inhabit,\u201d with \u201cbots clashing against bots, agents contending with agents.\u201d However, Rao mentioned that it could also alleviate tensions and reduce expenses.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Furthermore, the BCBSA\u2019s senior vice president Luke Chalker refrained from labeling the scenario as a conflict, asserting, \u201cIt\u2019s not a war. It\u2019s a thoroughly one-sided massacre,\u201d with insurers on the disadvantaged side.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/insurers-assert-that-ai-is-already-driving-up-healthcare-expenses.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"speakable-summary\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to an evaluation by the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, hospitals&#8217; employment of artificial intelligence tools while filing insurance claims resulted in an extra $942 million in healthcare expenditures over a span of two years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The BCBSA evaluation identified \u201ca significant rise in the documentation of patients with complex conditions,\u201d but contended that there is a \u201cdistinct inconsistency between [medical] coding and treatment,\u201d as there\u2019s \u201cno proof of a corresponding alteration in care provided.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The New York Times highlighted the analysis as merely the latest evidence that AI is driving up healthcare costs. While disputes between hospitals and insurers regarding treatments and payments are longstanding, the NYT indicated that the application of AI on both fronts appears to exacerbate the situation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. Shiv Rao, the founder of AI startup Abridge, acknowledged that the application of AI could usher in \u201ca terrible dystopian future that no one wishes to inhabit,\u201d with \u201cbots clashing against bots, agents contending with agents.\u201d However, Rao mentioned that it could also alleviate tensions and reduce expenses.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Furthermore, the BCBSA\u2019s senior vice president Luke Chalker refrained from labeling the scenario as a conflict, asserting, \u201cIt\u2019s not a war. It\u2019s a thoroughly one-sided massacre,\u201d with insurers on the disadvantaged side.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3491942,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3491941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3491941"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3491941"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3491941\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3491942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3491941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3491941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3491941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}