Nikhil Krishnan(@nikillinit):always interesting to read reactions healthcare tweets that exit the healthcare bubble I don't think this is unique to healthcare, but any system that currently relies on 1) payment based on gray area rules 2) the expectation that people will not do X thing because there's too much friction is going to blow up with AI tools and will need to be rethought from the ground up in healthcare the need is a completely different ruleset for payment + use of some form of ground truth dataset (e.g. scribe recordings) instead of proxies (e.g. CPT codes or what's in the EHR)

2026.09.27 21:58

always interesting to read reactions healthcare tweets that exit the healthcare bubble I don't think this is unique to healthcare, but any system that currently relies on 1) payment based on gray area rules 2) the expectation that people will not do X thing because there's too much friction is going to blow up with AI tools and will need to be rethought from the ground up in healthcare the need is a completely different ruleset for payment + use of some form of ground truth dataset (e.g. scribe recordings) instead of proxies (e.g. CPT codes or what's in the EHR)

Joe Weisenthal@TheStalwart

2026.09.27 15:25

The Blue Cross/Blue Shield Association says that AI is already driving *up* healthcare costs, as hospitals use the technology to find instances where they can bill more for the same level of care.