The Hidden Cost of Manual Prior Auth—and What Smart Automation Looks Like

The Pain Is Real: Why Prior Auth Remains One of Healthcare's Biggest Bottlenecks

Prior authorization (PA) was designed to ensure medical necessity. But for most providers, it’s become a complex maze of payer rules, paperwork, and delays. The result?

• Denied or delayed care
• Provider burnout
• Lost revenue from missed procedures
• High administrative overhead

What Manual PA Really Costs Your Practice

From our work across multiple specialties, here’s what we’ve found:

• Average manual PA takes 24–48 hours, often more
• Up to 20% of procedures are delayed due to auth issues
• 1 in 5 auths are lost in follow-up without proper tracking

Beyond the time and cost, there’s an emotional toll: staff overwhelmed by fax forms and payer phone trees. Patients frustrated by care delays. Providers forced to reschedule treatments.

Introducing Prior Auth Smart: Automation That Moves at the Speed of Care

At iMagnum, we built Prior Auth Smart to eliminate the chaos of manual workflows. This smart automation engine:

• Submits auths directly to payers
• Monitors approval timelines in real time
• Sends follow-up alerts automatically
• Logs every interaction in a transparent dashboard

A Real-Time Look Into the Engine

With Prior Auth Smart’s dashboard:

• Staff can see all pending, approved, and denied auths by payer or service type
• Each auth includes status tags, timestamps, notes, and next-step prompts
• Color-coded indicators flag urgent or stalled cases

Actual Screens, Actual Impact

(Suggested to include UI screenshots from your platform here) These UI visuals help providers:

• Prioritize critical auths based on urgency
• View full communication history per auth request
• Reduce follow-up time by 60% or more

Results from Clients Using Prior Auth Smart

• Turnaround time reduced from 3+ days to <24 hours
• Approval rate improvement by 35%
• 100% transparency across teams, specialties, and payers

Compliance, Visibility, and Speed in One Platform

Smart automation doesn’t just improve numbers — it builds trust:

• Ensures payer rules are followed with built-in logic
• Creates audit-ready logs for every auth
• Minimizes care delays while improving staff satisfaction

Final Thoughts:

Manual prior auth may be the norm—but it's no longer necessary. With Prior Auth Smart, practices get speed, clarity, and control. It’s how healthcare should work.

Want to see how Prior Auth Smart fits your workflow? Let’s walk through a live demo with your team.