Vanderbilt CEO: Health systems can step up to fix prior auth

Health systems should take the lead in fixing the broken prior authorization process, said Jeff Balser, CEO of Vanderbilt University Medical Center, during a recent conference. He highlighted AI, better workflows and centralized support as ways to reduce delays.

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Top Story Vanderbilt CEO: Health Systems Can Fix Prior Auth Without Waiting for Payers Health systems should take the lead in fixing the broken prior authorization process, said Jeff Balser, CEO of Vanderbilt University Medical Center, during a recent conference. He highlighted AI, better workflows and centralized support as ways to reduce delays. Sponsored How Meta Preserves a Best-in-Class Engineering Culture While Buidling Medical Devices Presented by Ketryx Join us on December 18th and hear from Lucas Ferandez, Director, Medical Devices at Meta as he details how the company embeds quality processes into existing systems, simplifies QMS management and automates documentation workflows within existing tools to enhance consistency and speed.  Sign up to save your spot!

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