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How We Cut Healthcare Claim Denials from 12% to Under 3% with Automation

Every healthcare practice we talk to has the same problem: denial rates between 10-15%, staff drowning in manual verifications, and thousands of dollars leaking through the cracks every month.

We built a system to fix it. Here's how.

The Problem

The average dental or medical practice loses $3,000-$5,000/month to preventable claim denials:

  • Wrong insurance ID numbers
  • Expired coverage not caught before treatment
  • Missing pre-authorizations
  • Coding mismatches

Your front desk is doing their best, but 40+ verification calls a day means things slip through.

What We Built

Real-Time Insurance Verification — Automatically verifies eligibility before the patient sits down. No phone calls. No hold music.

Pre-Submission Claim Scrubbing — Every claim is validated before submission. Coding errors, missing fields, payer-specific rules — all caught automatically.

Automated Denial Management — Denials get categorized, appeals generated, follow-up tracked. No more sticky notes.

AR Aging Follow-ups — Claims past 30/60/90 days get automatic follow-up. Clean dashboard instead of paper piles.

Patient Communication — Automated reminders drop no-show rates from 20% to under 8%.

Results

One practice went from:

  • 12% denial rate → under 3% in 60 days
  • 15+ hours/week saved on manual follow-ups
  • $5K-7K/month in recovered revenue
  • No-show rate: 18% → 7%

Economics

Setup: $2,500 | Monthly: $997

Most practices break even within 30 days. If you're losing $3-5K/month to denials and we cut that by 70%, the system pays for itself immediately.

Free Consultation

15 minutes. We look at your current denial rate and give you an honest assessment.

Book here →

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Healthcare Industry Partners — Matt Rimmer

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