Real Time Prior Authorization at the Point of Conversation

Highmark Health 🤝 Abridge 🤝 AHN: Announcing Real Time Prior Authorization at the Point of Conversation 

Built on Highmark Health’s advanced platform and powered by Abridge’s Contextual Reasoning Engine, real time prior authorization approvals at the point of conversation will “ensure that there are no unnecessary delays in covered treatments.” —Tony Farah, Chief Medical and Clinical Transformation Officer, Highmark Health 

“By leveraging next-frontier technologies and Abridge’s powerful AI platforms, we have a unique opportunity at Highmark Health and AHN to help redefine the patient, member, and clinician experience in our industry.”

Richard Clarke, PhD

SVP, Chief Analytics Officer, Highmark Health

As part of this enterprise-wide launch, Abridge’s ambient AI will also be deployed across Highmark Health’s 14-hospital care provider Allegheny Health Network.

“Our technology opens a powerful path to dramatically reduce the burden of this process at the point of conversation—by helping clinicians ask the right questions and automatically generate documentation that’s both complete and compliant.” —Dr. Shiv Rao, Abridge CEO and Founder

This paradigm shift for prior authorization accelerates our goal to transform healthcare by delivering intelligence to the point of conversation. Read the full announcement here.