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Re:Using AI to negotiate a $195k hospital bill down to $33k by knollimar on Tuesday October 28, 2025 @07:00PM (#45740435)
Do negotiated rates not affect quality of care? I work in contracting and negotiated rates allow me to add quality, while systems like price codes incentivize minimum effort/outcomes.

I know doctors probably take their jobs more seriously, but I'd be surprised if it doesn't bleed over into healthcare quality.

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Re:Using AI to negotiate a $195k hospital bill down to $33k by thatfrenchguy on Thursday October 30, 2025 @03:52PM (#45764516)
Negotiated rates are per code here though, and doctors generally aren’t the ones doing the actual coding for the visit in the US, they have folks going through your doctor’s notes and figuring out the codes. Another reason why the overhead of health care is so high in the US.
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