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hammock • today at 3:42 AM • 1 reply • view on HN

That…doesn’t sound like a bad thing for patients? That sounds like an increase in the standard of care. I’m not surprised a health insurer is mad about it though


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judge2020 • today at 3:50 AM

Adding false secondary diagnoses is one of the most prevalent forms of healthcare upcoding and makes hospitals and health providers a boatload of money.

It sounds like AI is making doing that a lot easier, and probably hard to contest what it finds without running extra tests.