At RadNet, AI-fueled prior authorization tech shows promise

Healthcare IT News: RadNet is a national radiology provider with 344 imaging centers employing 8,000 people and 500 radiologists. It has regional networks in New Jersey, New York, Delaware, Maryland, California and Florida.

Due to its size and patient-centric services, RadNet has a tremendous volume of procedures – more than 7 million per year, or roughly 27,000 procedures per day. If only 20 percent of those procedures required authorizations (a conservative estimate), that would leave RadNet staff responsible for processing more than 5,400 authorization requests per day. That is a tremendous drain on employees.

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