Hospitals say they’re losing the AI billing war. A new BCBS study suggests otherwise

Becker’s Hospital Review – Thursday, September 24, 2026
By Jakob Emerson

The Blue Cross Blue Shield Association has put out a second round of research estimating that hospitals’ growing use of AI-assisted billing tools has added roughly $942 million in excess costs to the BCBS system over two years, contributing new data to the contentious “AI bot war” that’s been playing out across the industry.

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