Healthcare

Prior Authorization Processing Automation

Automate prior auth submissions, follow-ups, and approvals to reduce patient care delays.

Same day
Turnaround Time
75%
Admin Time Reduction
30%
Denial Rate Reduction
+20%
Appeals Win Rate

Solution Overview

Prior authorisation is one of the most time-consuming administrative burdens in healthcare. Cray automates criteria checking, form completion, payer portal submission, status tracking, and appeal preparation — dramatically accelerating approvals and freeing clinical staff from administrative work.

The Manual Process Problem

Clinical and admin staff manually review payer criteria, complete payer-specific forms, submit via fax or portal, track status over days, and prepare peer-to-peer appeal letters when denied — averaging 20–40 minutes per request.

Cray's Automation Approach

AI reads clinical notes to extract relevant diagnosis codes, procedure codes, and clinical criteria. Automated payer criteria matching determines likely approval. Rules-based form completion and portal submission. Automated status polling and notification. AI-assisted appeal letter generation for denied requests.

Key Benefits

Prior auth turnaround reduced from 3–5 days to same day
Admin staff time on prior auth reduced by 75%
Denial rates reduced by 30% with upfront criteria matching
Patient care delays significantly reduced
Appeal win rate improved with AI-generated letters

Automation Coverage

AI & Automated Processing82%
Human Expert Oversight18%

Target Clients

  • HCA Healthcare
  • Ascension Health
  • Tenet Healthcare
  • Providence Health
  • CommonSpirit Health
  • Advocate Aurora

Why Cray for Prior Authorization?

  • 3+ years domain experience
  • Deployment in 4–8 weeks
  • ROI within 90 days
  • 24/7 automated processing
  • Enterprise security standards
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