Trends 2025: AI in healthcare progressing despite reimbursement hurdles

New AI startups are facing difficulty getting off the ground even as the industry leans hard into the technology.

Artificial intelligence is poised to become a major force in healthcare. The technology is developing at breakneck speed, and both payers and providers are examining the potential use cases, with one survey from November showing 73% of organizations plan on growing their financial commitments to the technology. But because AI is so new, there are still some knots left to be untangled.

One of the biggest knots is reimbursement – specifically, the reimbursement of new AI-driven devices and processes. Reimbursement is paramount to improving access to advanced tools, but even for FDA-cleared devices, the path to reimbursement for these technologies is unclear and slow-moving. 

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