Latest Updates from Valer, The Leading Prior Authorization Automation Solution
As we look back at the past year, the challenges of manual prior authorization processes continue to plague the healthcare industry. We continue to watch transformative changes driven by regulatory reforms, technological advancements, and a growing emphasis on efficiency. Automation is pivotal to streamline workflows and minimize delays. As 2024 draws to a close the focus is clear: it’s time to leverage innovation to improve patient access and simplify the entire prior auth process.
That’s why, at Valer, we’re dedicated to streamlining and simplifying the outdated ways of submitting and verifying a prior authorization, ensuring we meet our customers where they are and offering them a comprehensive solution that suits their unique needs.
The past few months have been an exciting time for our team. We’ve onboarded powerhouse clients, partnered with strategic organizations that will expand our capabilities and reach throughout the industry, and achieved a new certification that gives customers even more confidence in our prior authorization automation solution. We’ve also ramped up our prior authorization education, facilitating interactive webinar sessions to answer your burning questions about performance evaluation, EHR workflows, and more.
Let’s take a look at what Valer’s been up to lately.
New Clients
Our roster of clients continues to grow. Because our solution is the only one in the market that can automate the prior auth submission and verification process, our clients (new and old) can immediately recognize the boost in productivity, efficiency, and patient care delivery. Here are our most recent client additions that highlight our ability to support even the largest health systems:
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
The largest hospital in Dallas/Ft. Worth metro area, UT Southwestern is one of the premier academic medical centers in the nation. The health center has over 2,800 faculty, more than 80 specialties, and oversees about 3 million outpatient visits annually.
- Austin Regional Clinic
One of the largest multi-specialty medical groups in Central Texas, Austin Regional Clinic is present in over 15 cities. The health system includes 36 clinic locations, more than 450 physicians, and over 2,500 providers and staff.
Strategic Partnerships
Cross-functional partnerships with like-minded organizations help boost our solution’s capabilities and reach a broader range of health systems and patients. We prioritize ongoing collaboration with innovative partners who are dedicated to making the patient experience better. Our most recent strategic partnerships include:
The Wilshire Group is a boutique healthcare consulting firm with the mission to empower healthcare organizations to achieve their envisioned high-functioning revenue cycle. From patient access to coding, billing, and reimbursement, the organization helps its clients achieve optimal revenue cycle performance through technology implementation, system integration, and business transformation.
Health Data Movers is dedicated to empowering patients and providers by unleashing the potential of healthcare data and technology. Its core services enable healthcare providers, biotechnology firms, and digital health companies to execute implementations, optimize and support systems, and manage, move, and share data efficiently, securely, and compliantly.
Keena is a full-service healthcare optimization organization focused on clinical workflows, interfaces, conversions, and archival solutions. Built upon a vision for improving technology delivery, Keena transforms the way people manage information, develop workflows, and share data within healthcare.
Clearwave provides a purpose-built platform turbo-charged to enable practices to grow revenue, optimize staffing, increase collections and accelerate patient acquisition and retention. Specialty healthcare practices use Clearwave to enhance patient self-scheduling, streamline patient registration and intake, automate patient communications and create true financial transparency for both patient and practice alike through real-time, multi-factor eligibility™ verification.
MedEvolve empowers healthcare organizations with Effective Intelligence (Ei) solutions. Its Ei solutions include workforce automation and intelligent analytics designed to optimize the entire revenue cycle process from financial clearance to medical billing. These solutions reduce manual work effort and ensure maximum efficiency with complete oversight and reporting on every step. MedEvolve integrates with any PM/EHR system, providing unmatched transparency, automation, and accountability in the revenue cycle.
In Case You Missed It
We love to share our big wins and news with current and prospective customers and partners so that they know we’re constantly evolving to meet their needs. If you missed our most recent announcements, don’t worry; here’s a recap:
In October, we announced our prior auth management platform earned certified status by HITRUST for information security. Receiving our HITRUST r2 Certification demonstrates that our platform has met demanding regulatory compliance and industry-defined requirements and is appropriately managing risk. This achievement places us in an elite group of organizations worldwide that have earned this certification.
Exploring more than just OHSU’s success with prior authorization automation, this webinar uncovers precisely how the organization achieved it with centralized, streamlined, and automated workflows. Joe Whipple, Manager of Centralized Managed Care and Price Estimates, highlights how OHSU is setting the industry benchmark for prior authorization management.
Curious about the critical key performance indicators (KPIs) that define success in prior authorization management? Check out this webinar to learn more about how tracking progress against best practice KPIs allows healthcare organizations to optimize operational results and support negotiations with payers about performance and reimbursement.
Interested in learning more about Valer and keeping up with our ongoing updates? Contact us today.
We’re looking forward to a healthy and productive 2025 with all of you.
