AI could end the administrative nightmare for doctors

<p>Internal medicine physician Shiv K. Goel discusses his article "<a href= "https://kevinmd.com/2026/01/claude-for-healthcare-vs-administrative-burden-a-physicians-review.html">Claude for Healthcare vs. administrative burden: a physician's review</a>." Shiv contrasts the two hours he spent fighting a prior authorization with the promise of Anthropic's new "Claude for Healthcare," an AI system designed to handle claims and verify coverage in minutes. The conversation explores the race between Anthropic and OpenAI to dominate medical AI and the potential for these tools to liberate physicians from paperwork. Shiv warns, however, that …