Healthcare IT News May 6, 2019
The radiology provider says up to 5,400 authorizations could be required per day. Automation of the process, while maintaining a human touch, has brought many efficiencies.
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.
THE PROBLEM
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...
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