An integration between Abridge and Availity aims to speed prior authorization from weeks to minutes, shifting the process from post-visit to real time during the patient exam.
The integration could significantly speed up prior auth from months to minutes.
Source: Fierce Healthcare
The integration could significantly speed up prior auth from months to minutes.
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Athenahealth built more than 80 AI-native features into athenaOne, targeting high-friction tasks such as insurance verification, coding, prior authorization and denials. AI voice agents place over 23,000 prior authorization calls each month, some completed in under an hour.
A proposed CMS rule extends electronic prior authorization requirements from non-drug items to drugs, adopts FHIR standards for prior auth transactions and mandates API metrics reporting. Most compliance dates begin October 1, 2027.
Optum is launching two AI tools — Digital Auth Complete and InterQual Auth Accelerator — to cut prior authorization delays. Digital Auth Complete integrates into the EHR and automates multiple parts of the process to return responses faster.