Healthcare IT Today July 9, 2024
Strategic Investors Accelerate Expansion of AI-Driven Prior Authorization Solutions Ahead of CMS Mandate
Humata Health, the company creating frictionless prior authorizations for payers and providers with AI and automation, today announced that it closed a $25 million investment. The funding was led by Blue Venture Fund (representing the majority of BCBS plans) and LRVHealth (representing nearly 30 health systems and payers) with participation from Optum Ventures, .406 Ventures, Highmark Ventures, and VentureforGood. With this funding, the company will broaden the scope of its proprietary generative AI technologies, expand its customer base with the nation’s leading healthcare providers, and begin partnering with payers and delegated entities to deliver complementary solutions that help them streamline prior authorizations.
More than 42,000 physicians at...