Healthcare’s Agent Bytecode: X12 as the Harness for AI Agents — Vasant Kearney, Onlay
X12 healthcare data standard proposed as a structured harness for safe AI agent execution
Vasant Kearney from Onlay argues that X12, the legacy EDI standard governing healthcare insurance transactions, can serve as a reliable execution substrate for AI agents in healthcare workflows. The talk frames agentic AI deployment in healthcare around two concrete goals: reducing insurance transaction costs and improving patient experience. The content is cut off before the core technical argument, limiting signal extraction.