Purchasing and Deploying AI Scribes: Contractual, Privacy, and Reimbursement Considerations for Health Care Organizations
This Briefing is brought to you by AHLA’s Academic Medical Centers and Teaching Hospitals Practice Group.
- May 31, 2025
- Alex Moylan , Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC
- Allison Trimble , BJC Health System
- Mike Halaiko , Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC
- Allison Cohen , Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC
- Sam Cottle , Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC
Ambient artificial-intelligence scribe solutions (AI Scribes)—such as Nuance DAX Copilot, Suki, Abridge, and DeepScribe—convert the spoken patient-provider encounter into structured clinical documentation through a blend of speech recognition, natural language processing, large language models, and machine-learning tools. Although early data suggest meaningful reductions in clinician burnout and improved note quality, these tools also present unique privacy, security, and reimbursement risks, as well as professional liability exposures. Health care systems, including academic medical centers, must approach AI Scribe adoption with a rigor commensurate with their legal, regulatory, and compliance obligations.
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