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Health AI Startup Has Helped Reverse Denied Health Insurance Claims

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Re: Health AI Startup Has Helped Reverse Denied Health Insurance Claims

#6
"oh this is a great idea!"

> visits claimable website

> my condition isn't on there

> I click "I cant find my denied care"

> Get a form to request a new treatment

> I have to pick the treatment from a pre-filled dropdown list

> it's not there

boneheaded design, how am I going to request a new treatment if i have to pick from your supported treatment list. Slop

Re: Health AI Startup Has Helped Reverse Denied Health Insurance Claims

#8
Arms race framing misses it. Insurers have used algorithmic denial scoring for years (ProPublica/Cigna-EviCore, StatNews/UnitedHealth-NaviHealth). Denial works because appealing is expensive for patients and near-free for insurers. Claimable inverts that cost. End state isn't that insurers pay more. It's more like "insurers deny less aggressively up front."

Re: Health AI Startup Has Helped Reverse Denied Health Insurance Claims

#9
It's amazing how so much of healthcare tech is designed to plug holes in a healthcare system that's very specific to the US.

Personally I'd be worried about growth if I were a founder: can this expand to other countries? What if the US moves to a public healthcare system one day?

Re: Health AI Startup Has Helped Reverse Denied Health Insurance Claims

#10

It's amazing how so much of healthcare tech is designed to plug holes in a healthcare system that's very specific to the US. Personally I'd be worried about growth if I were a founder: can this expand to other countries? What if the US moves to a public healthcare system one day?

On the other hand, healthcare administration headcount has grown over 1000% since 1970, and few things grow as fast. Feels like plenty of runway.
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