Prior Authorization Agent

Brought to you By

Chris Berarducci

chris.berarducci25@outlook.com (cjb203@pitt.edu)

Chidubem Ifeanyi

chi14@pitt.edu

Jack Brooks

jack207brooks@gmail.com

Reuben Thomas

rrt19@pitt.edu

Introduction

An automated virtual assistant designed to streamline the prior authorization process for healthcare providers. Instead of staff spending significant time on hold, navigating complex phone menus, and repeatedly providing patient information to insurance companies, this solution manages the entire call on their behalf.

The agent dials payers’ prior authorization lines, supplies required patient and service details, responds to prompts or representative questions, and securely records authorization outcomes. By reducing manual effort and standardizing information exchange, it helps providers obtain authorizations faster and with fewer errors.

This product is particularly valuable for medical practices, hospitals, and other healthcare organizations looking to:

Free clinical and administrative staff from time-consuming phone calls.

Accelerate patient access to needed treatments and services.

Improve consistency and accuracy in authorization requests.

Maintain a clear record of calls and outcomes for compliance and quality assurance.

The Prior Authorization Call Agent serves as a reliable, always-available administrative partner, enabling healthcare providers to focus more on patient care while reducing operational costs and administrative burden.

Stack

This project has been created using the following

Firebase

Firebase is used to handle authorization requests to allow only pre specified accounts into software

React

React has been used to create full frontend, and make API calls

Fast API

Fast API is simple - acts as our API to take the data from the react form and send it into our AI Agent

Vogent

Our AI agent which perform a phone call, trained through prompted engineering

Result

As a result, prior authorization is now being cut from a manual, on hold call which can last up to an hour to now being automated and only taking a few minutes of data entry on the nurses end. Its no secret that we can always use more help on the everyday battle of treating patients and saving lives, and the Prior Authorization AI Agent now enables more help on the floor and less help on hold!

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