{"ok":true,"trend":{"id":377906,"platform":"mastodon","region":"global","key":"i mean, the combination of # healthcare in the # us and # ai sounds like the perfect recipe for disaster, so i can't say","title":"I mean, the combination of # healthcare in the # US and # AI sounds like the perfect recipe for disaster, so I can't say","url":"https://chaos.social/@ben_tinc/117355228706626470","first_seen":"2026-09-29T16:20:51.258663Z","last_seen":"2026-09-29T16:20:51.258663Z","last_rank":1,"peak_rank":1,"last_volume":1,"peak_volume":1,"seen_count":1,"score":91.75,"category_hint":"ai","section":"technology","category":"ai","summary":"An analysis of Blue Cross Blue Shield data suggests US hospitals using AI coding tools are labeling more patients as medically complex, a practice tied to nearly $1 billion in additional billing. Commenters say the combination of American healthcare and AI makes the outcome unsurprising, pointing to profit incentives layered on top of automated systems.","why":"Fresh analysis of BCBS data links hospital AI tools to roughly $1 billion in upcoded patient billing, feeding ongoing skepticism about AI in US healthcare.","tone":"negative","entities":["Blue Cross Blue Shield","US hospitals","artificial intelligence"],"summarized_at":"2026-09-29T16:22:22.983312Z","meta":{"tag":"ai","via":"scan","kind":"status","lang":"en","instance":"mastodon.social","tag_uses":2626},"nw":null,"promo":null,"kind":null,"importance":null,"hidden":false,"hide_reason":null,"judged_at":null,"title_en":"AI coding in US hospitals linked to nearly $1 billion in extra charges","section_name":"Technology","category_name":"AI","timeline":[{"captured_at":"2026-09-29T16:20:51.258663Z","rank":1,"volume":1}],"posts":[{"platform":"mastodon","url":"https://chaos.social/@ben_tinc/117355228706626470","author":"ben_tinc@chaos.social","title":null,"snippet":"I mean, the combination of # healthcare in the # US and # AI sounds like the perfect recipe for disaster, so I can't say I'm surprised: Analysis of BCBS shows that hospitals using AI tools caused more patients being coded as medically complex. This has led to nearly 1 billion $…","posted_at":"2026-09-29T16:18:00Z","likes":1}],"elsewhere":[],"window":"7d"}}