Rao: US doctors are paid for documented care, making every note a bill
Dr. Shiv Rao · No Priors Ep. 108 | With Abridge Founder and CEO Shiv Rao, MD · Mar 27, 2025 · at 3:10
Dr. Shiv Rao, cardiologist and CEO of Abridge, explains to Sarah Guo the operational and revenue-cycle reality behind clinical documentation.
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“In this country, we're not compensated as doctors for the care that we deliver. We're compensated for the care that we documented that we deliver. So every single one of these notes is actually a bill.”
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