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Research conducted by the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association found artificial intelligence increased healthcare costs by $942 million over two years.
The BCBSA says the increase does not include a corresponding increase in treatment.
“If patients are truly sicker, we’d expect to see more treatment,” said Luke Chalker, BCBSA’s senior vice president of product and data science, in a statement. “The disconnect between diagnoses and treatment suggests that AI is identifying more billable conditions, not sicker patients.”
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