Epic Systems makes the dominant electronic #health record (EHR) system in America

Source: https://pluralistic.net/2024/10/02/upcoded-to-death/#thanks-obama

Epic can automatically recode "diabetes with no complications" from a Hierarchical Condition Category code 19 (worth $894.40) as "diabetes with kidney failure," code 18 and 136, which gooses the reimbursement to $1273.60.

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