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Healthcare's AI arms race is in the billing office — Week of June 29, 2026
Hospitals are using AI to capture acuity. Payers are using AI to issue denials. Agents are using the same analog tools humans use, meanwhile, patient's ability to afford healthcare hits a five year low. Issue №04 · Week of June 29, 2026 Healthcare's AI arms race has found its battlefield: the billing office. Hospitals are aiming AI at their own charts to capture acuity; payers are aiming AI at those claims to flag and deny; hospitals are countering with agents that push appea
Justin Flechsig
Jul 86 min read


AI adoption meets bedside reality — Week of June 22, 2026
Hospitals are moving AI from pilots into infrastructure, while hallucinations, liability, patient trust, and governance remain unresolved. Issue №03 · Week of June 22, 2026 Hospitals are rushing AI into everything from revenue cycle and inbox triage to clinical detection and diagnosis — just as public sentiment toward AI is moving the other direction. The operational argument for automation keeps getting stronger, but hallucinations and medical errors remain unsolved, and “hu
Justin Flechsig
Jul 87 min read


Who's liable when AI is wrong? | June 15, 2026
Issue №02 · Week of June 15, 2026 Anthropic's most powerful model lasted three days before a Commerce Department order took it dark globally. Meanwhile, international courts began assigning liability for what AI systems say. Inside: The Trump Administration's push for AI physicians, a Nature Medicine benchmark study that OpenEvidence wants retracted, 42 state AGs serving OpenAI, and AI may be inflating the bills it was supposed to shrink. Anthropic's Most Powerful AI Lasted T
Justin Flechsig
Jul 85 min read


May 29th, 2026 | As AI IPOs loom, the Pope and Democrats call for oversight
The leading AI companies are now valued in the hundreds of billions, the Pope has written 42,000 words on why that should worry us, and healthcare cyber security executives are clambering to be included on Anthropic's Project Glasswing. Simultaneously, Progressive Democrats are converging on AI regulations, while the Trump administration warns states hands off. This week: Mythos and the security access CIOs are lobbying to get, the AI regulation debate heats up, and a complia
Justin Flechsig
Jun 154 min read
What are Health IT Execs Actually Investing In?
Becker's recently asked 67 hospital IT leaders about their top investments for 2025. Nearly all of them (94%) mentioned AI -- and over...
Justin Flechsig
Apr 2, 20252 min read
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