{
  "id": 9536269,
  "title": "Hospitals' use of AI coding tools cost BCBSA plans $942M more for similar care: analysis",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/hospitals-use-of-ai-coding-tools-cost-bcbsa-plans-942m-more-for",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-24T08:42:40.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Fierce Healthcare",
    "slug": "fierce-healthcare",
    "url": "https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/finance/hospitals-use-ai-coding-tools-cost-bcbsa-plans-942m-more-similar-care-analysis"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "“The question that is worth asking is [with] two similarly situated hospitals, treating similar patients, why would one hospital diverge?” Razia Hashmi, BCBSA’s vice president of clinical affairs, told reporters. “There may be an element of correct coding there, but the likelihood that this is technology-enabled upcoding is higher, in my view.”",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}