Code & Cure
#68 - When AI Makes Care More Expensive
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What if one of AI’s biggest impacts on healthcare isn’t a miracle diagnosis, but a bigger bill? We follow a surprisingly direct path from “helpful automation” to higher prices: AI scribes produce richer clinical documentation, and AI-assisted medical coding turns that extra detail into higher billed complexity. The care may look identical in the exam room, but the coded version of the visit can…