WINTER PARK, Fla. – June 25, 2026 – Humata Health, the leader in AI-powered medical review technology, today announced a new standalone prior authorization platform built for independent practices, regional health centers and specialty clinics. The denial reduction tool analyzes clinical documentation against applicable payer policies before submission and returns a real-time score, identifying gaps in the record that may trigger a denial while reducing time spent on preparation. It also features attestation answering that automatically generates responses to payer clinical survey questions.
The announcement marks Humata’s first step in delivering its prior authorization platform beyond the large health system market to the providers that historically have navigated the process without dedicated technology. The company has opened a limited early-access waitlist for interested practices and regional hospitals.
Prior authorization’s burden on independent physicians grows heavier each year, with little of the infrastructure larger health systems use to manage it. Clinicians and their staff complete an average of 45 prior authorization requests per physician per week. Almost half of prior authorization requests are submitted manually by phone, fax or mail, taking up nearly two full business days of administrative time.
Despite this significant drain on time and resources, staff handling prior authorizations submit clinical documentation with no visibility into whether the payer will approve or deny the request until after the work is already done.
Humata Health’s prior authorization platform closes that that visibility gap and speeds the entire process with the following features:
- Documentation Grades and Guidance: Practices upload their clinical documentation through a drag-and-drop interface. The platform then scores it against applicable Medicare coverage determinations and commercial payer policies in real time, returning an instant completeness grade with an analysis identifying missing records, lab results or step-therapy notes before anything reaches the payer.
- No EHR Integration Required: The tool operates through a secure web portal, so any independent practice or specialty clinic can get started without IT infrastructure or a lengthy implementation process.
- Attestation Answering reads the uploaded clinical bundle and automatically generates responses to payer clinical survey questions, eliminating a manual step that takes significant time and is prone to errors.
“There are thousands of practice managers, billing supervisors and clinical operations leaders in this country who handle prior authorization using fax machines and phone calls, with no technology built to help them streamline this time-consuming and labor-intensive process,” said Jeremy Friese, MD, Founder and CEO of Humata Health. “Because every prior auth portal that exists today was built by payers, for payers, the system was never optimized for provider needs. That’s why we’re deploying the first AI-enabled prior authorization portal designed for providers, with the ultimate aim of handling all prior auth requests, regardless of payer.”
Humata’s expansion into the independent practice market is part of a broader, long-term effort to make prior authorization work for every provider in the U.S., regardless of size or specialty. From the beginning, Humata's mission has been to make prior authorization seamless for providers, payers, and patients, and this launch is a meaningful step toward delivering on that promise at scale. The new platform draws directly from the technology Humata deploys at major hospitals and health systems nationwide. By turning prior authorization from a time-consuming manual process into an exception-based workflow, its AI eliminates 45% of manual touches and achieves 96% first-pass approval rates.
Humata is accepting applications from independent practices and specialty clinics for its limited early-access release. Initial participants will receive direct support from the Humata team and will have direct input into the product roadmap. Interested practices can join the waitlist here.
About Humata Health
Humata Health is the leader in AI-powered, touchless prior authorizations. A health tech company “Built for Yes,” its mission is to make prior authorization easy and seamless for providers, payers and the patients they serve. With the industry’s largest ecosystem of integrations and proprietary technology that gathers the right clinical information required for fast approval, the Humata platform is the only truly end-to-end prior authorization solution for all services and procedures. Humata is a physician-led company that is backed by a syndicate of strategic healthcare investors including Blue Venture Fund, LRVHealth, 406 Ventures and Highmark Ventures.
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