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What 40 Years in Healthcare Taught This Founder About AI

Sep 23, 2026
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After 40 years in healthcare, one founder says he has never seen a technology with a better chance of actually fixing the system. So what makes this moment different?

In this clip from our episode “Will AI End The Payer And Provider Billing War?” , host John Driscoll and Hamid Tabatabaie, CEO of CodaMetrix, break down why AI is the first real opportunity to level the playing field between payers and providers by getting the underlying data right.

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🎙️⚕️ABOUT HAMID TABATABAIE
Hamid Tabatabaie is President and CEO of CodaMetrix, an AI-powered SaaS company that automates medical coding and revenue cycle management for health systems using machine learning, deep learning, and NLP. CodaMetrix works with leading health systems including Mass General Brigham, Yale Medicine, Henry Ford Health, and University of Colorado Medicine. Tabatabaie has a 30-year career in health information technology and has served as CEO of four successful startups. He founded lifeIMAGE, the most widely used cloud-based platform for diagnostic imaging exchange, which facilitated the sharing of 9 million records containing 2 billion images across hundreds of hospitals and academic medical centers. Prior to lifeIMAGE, he led AMICAS, a pioneer in web-based diagnostic imaging automation. He was named a 2025 Top Leader in Digital Healthcare.

🎙️⚕️ABOUT CARETALK
CareTalk is a weekly podcast that provides an incisive, no B.S. view of the US healthcare industry. Join co-hosts John Driscoll (President U.S. Healthcare and EVP, Walgreens Boots Alliance) and David Williams (President, Health Business Group) as they debate the latest in US healthcare news, business and policy. 

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