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theinsurancedoctor

@doctormedicare

Physician, Hospital and Patient Advocate in insurance matters, and explainer of how insurance works and how the healthcare financing system works in the Unit...

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theinsurancedoctor
@doctormedicare Aug 15, 2026, 4:56 AM UTC

Artificial Intelligence in Pre-Authorization Review

## Pre-authorization In the world of healthcare there is something called a pre-authorization review or PAR. This is a review process performed by insurance companies to determine if a service ordere…

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theinsurancedoctor
@doctormedicare Jul 4, 2026, 3:02 AM UTC

Issues in Medical Insurance: Pre-authorization and AI

Background: As a physician involved in pre-authorization determinations I often struggle with the backlog of cases to review, and the frustration of human workflows frought with errors and lost infor…

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@doctormedicare Jul 4, 2026, 2:34 AM UTC

Guest Commentary: Trust Gap in Cryptocurrency

Background: I read an article about the trust gap and thought I would record my thoughts as someone from outside the cryptocurrency community, looking in and report the take home points I got from th…

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@doctormedicare Apr 5, 2026, 9:58 AM UTC

AI Agent types and functionality in healthcare pre-authorization processes

#### Introduction: I feel that in order to build a mental framework as a physician-engineer, it helps to stop thinking of AI as a single "brain" and start thinking of it as a team of specialists with…

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@doctormedicare Apr 5, 2026, 9:19 AM UTC

Availity AI Vocabulary for Medical AI Adoption

#### Introduction: For a medical practice, understanding Availity is essential as they are the primary "digital front door" for most insurance payers you deal with. Below is a guide to their AI-drive…

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theinsurancedoctor
@doctormedicare Apr 5, 2026, 9:09 AM UTC

Availity AI Products

## Introduction: Availity’s approach to AI is defined by "Responsible AI"—a strategy that prioritizes deterministic, rule-based outcomes over the probabilistic "guesses" seen in consumer models. For…

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@doctormedicare Apr 5, 2026, 8:41 AM UTC

Availity

Availity is one of the largest health information networks in the United States, acting as a primary "clearinghouse" that connects healthcare providers to insurance payers. ## History and Scale * Fou…

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@doctormedicare Mar 14, 2026, 7:26 AM UTC

Authorize This Part 5

Building a better mouse trap..... # . _ https://media.tenor.com/vwlm_P_nWMUAAAAC/5-five-high-five.gif ___ To build a model that surpasses Availity Essentials, you must pivot from being a transaction…

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@doctormedicare Mar 14, 2026, 7:05 AM UTC

Authorize This Part 4 the goal and competition

## Part 4: Proposed "AuthorizeThis" Website Plan Goal: A "one-stop shop" that uses the Availity network + Olive’s NLP + ClaudeBot to provide instant authorization determinations. ### Phase 1: The Inp…

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@doctormedicare Mar 14, 2026, 6:52 AM UTC

Authorize This Part 3

## Part 3: The Availity-Centene-Medicare Relationship Availity’s relationship with Centene and the broader Medicare Advantage (MA) market is a cornerstone of their business model. ### 1. The Centene…

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