Nine Hundred Forty Two Million Dollars and No Extra Care: Blue Cross Puts a Price on Hospital AI Coding, September 28, 2026

Nine Hundred Forty Two Million Dollars and No Extra Care: Blue Cross Puts a Price on Hospital AI Coding, September 28, 2026 A new Blue Cross Blue Shield Association analysis attributes $942 million in added inpatient costs over two years to hospital AI coding tools, arguing that sicker labels appeared on claims without matching changes in treatment. Chris and Laura unpack the billing staircase, the anemia evidence, the hospital industry rebuttal, contingency priced coding vendors, and what t...