How this site is made, and our conflict of interest
Short version: every tool fact comes from the vendor's own page, linked and dated 2026-11-12. We tested no product hands-on. The cost example is synthetic arithmetic. Medrecords AI publishes the site and sells 1 listed tool, so we follow the 6 rules in the conflict section.
Limits: Tool facts come from each vendor's own website, read on 2026-11-12; we did not test any product hands-on. The cost example is synthetic, and the rates in it are placeholders, not recommended growth or discount rates.
Where tool facts come from
For each tool we read the vendor's public page on life care planning, pricing or security and wrote down only what it states. Where a page didn't state something, the table says "not published" or "not stated". Each row links the page we used.
| Source | Used for | Read on |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor pages, 1 or more per tool | The tool table and the picks on the home page | 2026-11-12 |
| Google results for 11 searches about AI, software and cost projection for life care planners | Which tools to check, and the gaps listed on the home page | 2026-11-12 |
| Anthropic and OpenAI BAA help pages | What each general assistant's BAA covers | 2026-11-12 |
| CDC NCHS life tables index | The life expectancy source named in the worked example | 2026-11-12 |
| medrecords.ai/pricing.md and llms.txt | Facts about our own product | 2026-11-12 |
Most pages were read through an extraction service. Where it failed we used a plain web request or a search engine's live fetch, and for 4 pages (LezDo TechMed, ReviewGenX, LCP Stat, FAIR Health) the search engine's stored copy. activelcp.com was blocked from our network, so ActiveLCP facts come from its product page on another host and its IARP listing.
How the synthetic example was built
The below-knee amputation case is invented. No real patient, record, provider or price stands behind it. We picked unit costs and rates to make the arithmetic readable, not to suggest real prices or rates. Every total on the worked example was computed with the same formula the calculator uses, and the calculator reproduces each one.
How picks are made
We sort tools by the job they do in a life care plan and name the first 1 to trial for each job, based on what the vendor states: who it is built for, how it prices, what it says about BAAs and citations. There is no overall score, because a record tool and a cost database can't share 1 scale. Picks are a trial list, not a verdict on quality we didn't test.
Our conflict of interest, and the rules we follow
Medrecords AI publishes this site and sells Medrecords AI, a record review tool listed in the tool table. That is a conflict. These rules apply on every page:
- A disclosure line sits at the top and bottom of every page.
- Medrecords AI is labeled "ours" wherever it appears.
- It gets the same table columns as every other tool, including the jobs it doesn't do.
- Links to medrecords.ai appear only on the Medrecords AI page and in boxes marked as ours.
- We state where Medrecords AI is not the right pick, by name, and we state that its locale-priced plan drafting is planned, not available.
- We say nothing about another tool that its own page doesn't support. Vendors can correct their entry by emailing aj@medrecords.ai; confirmed fixes go live within 2 business days.
Rechecks: every 45 days at most
Prices and plan terms change. We reread every tool page at least every 45 days and change the "Updated" date only when a fact was rechecked.