waystar-prior-authorization

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Company Name

Waystar

Product URL

https://www.waystar.com/our-platform/financial-clearance/authorizations/

Company URL

https://www.waystar.com

Categories

Summary

Waystar Authorization Manager is a cloud-based prior authorization automation platform that verifies, initiates, submits, tracks and accelerates payer authorizations to reduce manual work, denials, and delays to care.

Description

A revenue-cycle-focused authorization solution that uses automation, RPA and AI to detect authorization requirements from EHR/HIS/PM orders, auto-populate payer portals or submit requests, retrieve status updates, perform medical-necessity checks, and deliver real-time approvals and transparency across workflows (Auth Initiate, Auth Notify & Submit, Auth Accelerate, Auth Status, Medical Necessity).

Api Available

yes

Certifications

Company Founding

2017

Company Offices

Compliance

Customers

Data Residency

Data Standards

Deployment Model

Features

Id

P1795

Integration Partners

Integrations

Languages Supported

Last Updated

2025-09-07

License

commercial proprietary

Links

Market Segment

Optional Modules

Os Platforms

Pricing Details

Contact vendor for pricing; custom enterprise licensing and implementation plans (request a demo / contact sales).

Pricing Model

enterprise_quote

Privacy Features

Ratings

Regions Available

Release Year

Security Features

Specialties

Support Channels

System Requirements

Target Users

Training Options

Type

product

User Reviews

Version

1.0

Canonical JSON

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  "company_name": "Waystar",
  "company_url": "https://www.waystar.com",
  "company_offices": [
    "United States"
  ],
  "company_founding": "2017",
  "product_url": "https://www.waystar.com/our-platform/financial-clearance/authorizations/",
  "categories": [
    "administrative",
    "revenue cycle management",
    "prior authorization",
    "AI Prior Authorization for Providers",
    "financial clearance"
  ],
  "market_segment": [
    "enterprise",
    "smb"
  ],
  "links": [
    "https://www.waystar.com/our-platform/financial-clearance/authorizations/",
    "https://www.waystar.com/",
    "https://www.waystar.com/about-us/",
    "https://www.waystar.com/contact-us/",
    "https://www.waystar.com/privacy-policy/",
    "https://elion.health/products/waystar-prior-authorization",
    "https://www.g2.com/products/waystar/reviews",
    "https://www.capterra.com/p/173888/Waystar/",
    "https://www.hfma.org/data-and-insights/peer-review/products-and-services/waystar-prior-authorization/",
    "https://investors.waystar.com/"
  ],
  "summary": "Waystar Authorization Manager is a cloud-based prior authorization automation platform that verifies, initiates, submits, tracks and accelerates payer authorizations to reduce manual work, denials, and delays to care.",
  "description": "A revenue-cycle-focused authorization solution that uses automation, RPA and AI to detect authorization requirements from EHR/HIS/PM orders, auto-populate payer portals or submit requests, retrieve status updates, perform medical-necessity checks, and deliver real-time approvals and transparency across workflows (Auth Initiate, Auth Notify & Submit, Auth Accelerate, Auth Status, Medical Necessity).",
  "target_users": [
    "revenue cycle teams",
    "billing/coding staff",
    "clinical schedulers",
    "physicians/clinicians",
    "hospital administrators",
    "facility managers"
  ],
  "specialties": [
    "radiology/imaging",
    "surgery/operative services",
    "cardiology",
    "oncology",
    "orthopedics",
    "laboratory",
    "home health",
    "behavioral health",
    "primary care",
    "ambulatory surgery centers"
  ],
  "regions_available": [
    "United States"
  ],
  "languages_supported": [
    "English"
  ],
  "pricing_model": "enterprise_quote",
  "pricing_details": "Contact vendor for pricing; custom enterprise licensing and implementation plans (request a demo / contact sales).",
  "license": "commercial proprietary",
  "deployment_model": [
    "SaaS"
  ],
  "os_platforms": [
    "Web"
  ],
  "features": [
    "Automatic determination of authorization requirement from EHR/HIS/PM orders",
    "Auth Initiate — initiate authorizations for scheduled services",
    "Auth Notify + Submit — automate inpatient direct admission requests",
    "Auth Accelerate — real-time approvals and automatic updates",
    "Auth Status — automated status update retrievals and tracking",
    "Medical necessity checks against payer policies",
    "End-to-end prior authorization workflow automation",
    "Real-time integration with payer portals for submissions",
    "Exception-based workflows and staff activation",
    "Analytics/visibility for authorization status and performance",
    "AI/cloud automation embedded across platform",
    "Authorization auto-approval engine (high auto-approval rate)"
  ],
  "optional_modules": [
    "Medical Necessity verification module",
    "Automated status retrievals module",
    "Inpatient direct-admission automation"
  ],
  "integrations": [
    "EHR / HIS systems",
    "Practice Management (PM) systems",
    "Payer portals / payer systems",
    "Revenue cycle management workflows"
  ],
  "data_standards": [
    "HL7 (v2/history)",
    "FHIR (likely used for modern EHR integration)",
    "EDI X12 (payer transactions/claims-related)"
  ],
  "api_available": "yes",
  "system_requirements": "",
  "compliance": [
    "HIPAA"
  ],
  "certifications": [],
  "security_features": [
    "Role-based access control (RBAC)",
    "SSO/SAML (enterprise login integrations)",
    "Encryption in transit and at rest (platform standard)",
    "Audit logging / activity trails"
  ],
  "privacy_features": [
    "Business Associate Agreement (BAA) available",
    "Data minimization and purpose-limited processing (platform practice)"
  ],
  "data_residency": "",
  "customers": [],
  "user_reviews": [],
  "ratings": [],
  "support_channels": [],
  "training_options": [],
  "release_year": "",
  "integration_partners": [],
  "id": "P1795",
  "slug": "waystar-prior-authorization",
  "type": "product",
  "version": "1.0",
  "last_updated": "2025-09-07",
  "links_json": {
    "self": "https://www.healthaidb.com/software/waystar-prior-authorization.json"
  }
}