Blue Cross Blue Shield Association estimates that hospitals' use of AI-assisted medical coding added nearly $942 million in costs to its health plans between 2023 and 2025. The group says much of the increase stems from AI identifying secondary diagnoses, often based on single lab values, that push patients into higher-paying billing categories. Health economist Christopher Whaley notes AI is making it easier to capture existing billing incentives, though the added diagnoses are not necessarily inappropriate.
cnbc.com
· 2026-10-01
Neko Health, the preventative-health startup co-founded by Spotify's Daniel Ek, has launched its full-body scanning service in the United States after raising $700 million. The company joins rivals like Midjourney and Function Health in building businesses around consumer body scanning and early-disease detection. TechCrunch's Equity podcast spoke with Farooq Abbasi of Preface Ventures, an investor in Neko, about how the startup compares to competitors in this space.
techcrunch.com
· 2026-09-30
A writer recounts their son's diagnosis at 18 with a disease typically seen in patients in their late sixties, describing how the experience reshaped their view of AI's role in medicine. The essay argues that despite growing public backlash against AI, the technology holds promise for personalizing healthcare, especially for patients whose conditions don't fit standard patterns.
fastcompany.com
· 2026-09-30
The Blue Cross Blue Shield Association released an analysis attributing $942 million in additional healthcare spending over two years to hospitals' use of AI tools when submitting insurance claims. The group found a sharp rise in patients coded as having complex conditions without corresponding changes in the actual care delivered. The New York Times cited the findings as part of a broader trend of AI driving up healthcare costs on both the hospital and insurer sides.
techcrunch.com
· 2026-09-26
An Entrepreneur contributor argues that founders should avoid randomly diversifying into unrelated ventures after early success, warning that this often creates fragmentation rather than growth. The writer describes building companies across physical therapy, healthcare staffing, hospice care, consulting and technology by ensuring each new venture reinforces the others rather than competing for attention. Four questions are proposed to test any new venture: does it serve the same customer, build on existing capability, create opportunities for other businesses, and operate without draining focus.
entrepreneur.com
· 2026-09-24
In an Entrepreneur opinion piece, healthcare company co-founder shares a three-part framework used before major business decisions such as expansions, partnerships or pivots. The approach involves listing the best possible outcomes, assessing the worst realistic outcome and whether the business could survive it, and building flexibility into plans through pilots and gradual market entry rather than full commitments.
entrepreneur.com
· 2026-09-23
In a Fortune commentary, Zocdoc founder and CEO Oliver Kharraz argues that Walmart's shuttered clinic network and IBM's sold-off Watson Health division both collapsed because they treated healthcare as a technology problem rather than a tangle of misaligned incentives and regulations. Walmart closed 51 clinics and its virtual care unit in 2024 after reimbursement and cost pressures made the business unsustainable, while IBM sold most of Watson Health in 2022 after sinking roughly $4 billion into it.
entrepreneur.com
· 2026-09-18
A Guardian investigation found ICE documented 18 miscarriages among detained women in the first nine months of Trump's second term, but stopped keeping records after October 2025, leaving an unknown number of subsequent losses uncounted. One detainee, an asylum seeker named Anabell, described being denied prenatal care and a doctor's visit for weeks despite bleeding, before finally being taken to an emergency room shackled to a bed, where she learned she had lost her pregnancy.
futurism.com
· 2026-09-18
A healthcare industry veteran with 26 years of experience contends that despite waves of apps, algorithms, platforms and payment reforms, core access problems persist: millions still struggle to get timely doctor appointments, emergency rooms remain a default care option, and provider shortages keep worsening. The argument frames these as symptoms of deep structural failure rather than something a single new tool can resolve.
fastcompany.com
· 2026-09-18
At a Fast Company-moderated discussion, executives from cannabis brand Cann, telehealth provider Folx Health, and biotech firm Daré Bioscience described how they built profitable companies in sectors long considered taboo—cannabis, gender-affirming care, and sexual wellness. The panelists, including Cann cofounder Jake Bullock, Folx CEO Liana Guzmán, and Daré CEO Sabrina Martucci Johnson, discussed operating amid funding gaps, regulatory hurdles, and public backlash.
fastcompany.com
· 2026-09-17
WSJ readers shared mixed reactions to patient portals, the online systems that give patients direct access to their medical records, test results and doctor communications. Supporters praised the convenience of having health information readily available, while critics said the same immediate access can cause confusion, anxiety or information overload.
wsj.com
· 2026-09-17
Zocdoc is expanding its Care Access Network, letting the scheduling technology that runs its own marketplace be embedded into other services such as insurers and search platforms. This means patients could soon book doctor appointments directly through third-party sites rather than only through Zocdoc itself.
fastcompany.com
· 2026-09-16
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