Several groups say that AI is a valuable tool, but warn physician expertise is essential. They push back against efforts to pit doctors against technology.
Opinion|Videos|July 20, 2026
The payer relationship: Reimbursement, leverage and patients in the middle
In the latest video from our roundtable, healthcare leaders talk about the impact of insufficient reimbursements. They're posing more headaches for hospitals and affecting patient care, the panel says.
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The most pointed stretch of the conversation. Bhatt's pulsed field ablation example shows a better procedure that pays less, Beiner and Garrett describe margins thinned by H.R. 1 and outdated regulation, and the panel turns to the payer fights that leave patients caught in the middle, including Garrett's account of notification letters that interrupted hundreds of patients mid-treatment.
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