Workflow
Prior authorization for pain procedures delays bookings and frustrates patients. AI captures insurance and indication on the call; staff processes authorization offline. No more patient callbacks for missing payer requirements.
Staff no longer call patients back asking for missing payer requirements. All insurance, indication, and clinical details are captured on the intake call and structured for offline processing. Faster turnaround to approval.
AI tells the patient at the end of the call: 'We'll submit your request to [Payer] and notify you of approval status within [X days].' Clear expectations reduce anxiety and callbacks.
Your billing or clinical team receives a complete intake summary and focuses on submitting the authorization request to the payer. No time wasted on follow-up calls to gather missing information.
Because prior auth is initiated upfront with complete information, approvals come back before or shortly after the appointment is booked. Fewer last-minute cancellations due to authorization denial.
Insurance and indication captured on the call
Structured summary ready for staff prior auth submission
Common payer questions answered upfront
Duration of symptoms, prior treatments, imaging availability documented
Patient informed of authorization status at booking
Clear expectations; fewer callback requests
Callback loop eliminated
Staff processes complete intake offline; no patient follow-up needed for authorization
The AI captures insurance carrier name, member ID, group number, and plan type (commercial, Medicare, Medicaid). It also asks whether the patient has prior authorization requirements and which procedures require pre-approval. All data is structured for your billing team.
The AI asks standard questions that most payers require for interventional pain authorizations: location of pain, duration of symptoms, prior treatments (physical therapy, medications, injections), imaging results, and clinician specialty. Your staff can configure payer-specific requirements in the system.
The AI cannot guarantee approval, but it can tell the patient whether their plan typically requires prior authorization and what the next steps are. It informs the patient: 'We'll submit your request to [Payer] and notify you of approval status within [X days].' Clear expectations are set.
The AI documents out-of-network status and captures any known terms (patient responsibility percentage, deductible, etc.). This information is included in the structured summary for your staff to communicate to the patient and to factor into authorization decision-making.
For urgent cases, your staff can file a verbal or expedited prior auth request using the complete intake information captured by the AI. Emergency procedures may proceed pending final authorization. The AI's structured summary accelerates the urgency request process.
Core Capability
Patient intake
Structured questionnaires capture insurance and payer-specific requirements on every call; clinical information is returned as a summary for staff review and filing.
Regulation
HIPAA and compliance
Insurance data and clinical information captured and handled with full HIPAA encryption and audit logging.
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