Prior Authorization
Turn medical requests into authorization decisions.
You have
Treatment request
You get
Authorization decision
You pay Per authorization
- Calls
- Documents
- Portals
- Follow-up
- Appeals
What you give it
- Treatment request
- Patient and payer information
- Clinical documentation
- EHR or intake access
- Payer portal credentials
- Appeal process rules
- Clinical contacts for peer-to-peer
What it owns
- Agent owns
- Agent + human
- Human decision
- Medical Request Agent owns
- Requirements Agent owns
- Documentation Agent owns
- Submission Agent owns
- Payer Follow-up Agent owns
- Additional Information Agent + human
- Appeal Agent + human
- Decision Human decision
What it can do
Communicate
- Phone
- Payer portals
Work with information
- Determine payer requirements
- Gather documentation
- Prepare submissions
- Prepare appeals
Operate software
- EHR
- Payer websites
- Internal applications
- APIs
Coordinate
- Check status
- Respond to payer requests
- Coordinate peer-to-peer review
- Track outcome
You decide what the agent is allowed to do.
| Action | Permission |
|---|---|
| Determine payer requirements | Allowed |
| Gather documentation | Allowed |
| Submit authorizations | Allowed |
| Respond to payer requests | Allowed |
| Prepare appeals | Allowed |
| Coordinate peer-to-peer review | Allowed |
| Make a clinical determination | Not allowed |
| Override medical policy | Not allowed |
Humans stay in the loop.
The agent owns execution. Your team handles judgment, authority, or escalation.
Agent handles 90%
Example of execution
Exception detected
The job pauses on a rule
Human decision
Judgment, authority, or policy
Agent continues work
Execution resumes after the decision
Run it against your operation.
| Your Team | Agent | |
|---|---|---|
| Work items | 800 | 80 |
| Completed | 520 | 61 |
| Conversion | 65.0% | 76.0% |
| Average cycle time | 6.2d | 2.8d |
| Cost per outcome | $47 | $22 |
Start with 10% of the work.
Measure the same outcomes you measure. Increase volume when the agent earns it.
Works with the systems you use.
The pilot should require little systems change.
- API
- Spreadsheet
- CRM
- Browser
- Shared Inbox
- Database
- File Upload
- Internal Software