AI is increasingly used to code and collect US medical debt as it grows

Medical debt is expected to grow as Republican-led health cuts take effect this winter, and AI tools are increasingly used to code visits, send bills and collect payments.

Cedar, an AI billing platform backed by Andreessen Horowitz and JP Morgan, uses a machine learning model to predict patients' propensity to pay and offers AI-driven discounts.

A Blue Cross Blue Shield Association white paper says AI scribes and coding tools are boosting hospital billing, a claim the American Hospital Association disputes.