Case Study 1 | Prior Authorization and Clinical Operations Support

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Prior Authorization and Clinical Operations Support

Case Study 1: Prior Authorization, Utilization Management, Surgical Coordination, Scheduling, Workers’ Compensation, and Patient Access Support

A Florida-based pain and orthopedic practice engaged GoHealthcare Practice Solutions to strengthen clinical operations, resolve authorization backlogs, reduce avoidable delays and denials, and improve patient access to approved procedures.

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Case Study Notice: This case study describes a consulting and operational support engagement at a high level. It does not identify the client, disclose protected or confidential information, guarantee identical results, or replace clinical, legal, compliance, coding, utilization-management, payer-policy, or reimbursement guidance.

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Engagement Overview

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Practice and Challenge

• Client Profile
• The Challenge
• GoHealthcare’s Role

Execution and Outcomes

• What Was Done
• Technology and Human Oversight
• Results
• Why It Mattered

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Practice Profile

Client Profile

A Florida-based pain and orthopedic practice providing interventional procedures and specialty care that require extensive prior authorization, utilization management, surgical coordination, scheduling, workers’ compensation handling, and patient access support.

The practice works with multiple payers and manages a high volume of administrative and clinical coordination across the state.

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Operational Challenge

The Challenge

The practice was dealing with constant pressure around prior authorizations and clinical operations. Authorization requests required careful handling to avoid denials and delays. Scheduling procedures depended heavily on timely approvals. Workers’ compensation cases added another layer of complexity. Patient access processes at the front end needed to be consistent to keep everything moving smoothly.

Prior to engaging GoHealthcare, authorization workflows were handled by a team that did not fully understand clinical necessity requirements or utilization management guidelines. Authorization submissions were often incomplete or misaligned with payer criteria, leading to unnecessary delays, backlogs, and rework.

In addition, processes were largely manual and fragmented, making it difficult to track authorizations, follow up consistently, or maintain visibility across teams. Despite strong clinical care, operational inefficiencies limited how quickly patients could receive approved procedures and how effectively providers could focus on patient care.

The practice needed reliable support from a team that understood pain and orthopedic clinical pathways, clinical necessity, and utilization management—and could apply technology-enabled processes to manage volume, improve accuracy, and maintain control.

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Operational Partnership

GoHealthcare’s Role

GoHealthcare Practice Solutions was brought in to support prior authorization and clinical operations across the Florida-based pain and orthopedic practice. The GoHealthcare team worked closely with providers, office staff, and payers to take ownership of critical workflows and improve coordination.

Rather than operating as an outside vendor, GoHealthcare functioned as an extension of the practice’s team, combining hands-on expertise with technology-enabled processes to support consistency, visibility, and follow-through.

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Implementation

What Was Done

GoHealthcare focused on practical execution supported by structured, technology-enabled workflows:

• Managed prior authorizations and utilization management aligned with pain and orthopedic clinical necessity guidelines
• Worked directly with providers to ensure documentation supported medical necessity
• Submitted cleaner, more accurate authorization requests the first time
• Used tracking tools and workflow systems to monitor authorization status and follow-ups
• Coordinated with payers to reduce delays and resolve issues proactively
• Supported surgical coordination and scheduling aligned with authorization timelines
• Assisted with workers’ compensation workflows requiring additional documentation and follow-up
• Strengthened patient access processes using standardized, technology-supported intake workflows
• Maintained clear communication between providers, payers, staff, and patients

GoHealthcare Prior Authorization Performance

GoHealthcare Practice Solutions reports a 98% prior authorization approval rate, fast turnaround, reduced avoidable peer-to-peer activity, fewer denials and appeals, and support for in-network, out-of-network, workers’ compensation, and motor vehicle injury cases across all 50 U.S. states.

These company-wide performance statements provide organizational context. They are not presented as isolated measurements from this specific case-study engagement unless expressly stated.

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Technology Governance

Technology and Human Oversight

Technology was used to support organization, tracking, and accountability, while decisions and oversight remained human-led.

GoHealthcare Insights

Technology improves visibility and execution only when it is supported by clinically informed workflows, disciplined follow-up, accurate documentation, and clear ownership.

Leadership Perspective

Prior authorization should not be managed as an isolated administrative task. It is a clinical-operations function connecting medical necessity, patient access, payer policy, scheduling, and revenue integrity.

Key Takeaways

• Use technology for visibility and accountability.
• Keep clinical judgment and oversight human-led.
• Design workflows around the full patient-access pathway.

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Operational Outcomes

Results

As authorization quality improved and technology-enabled processes were implemented:

• Prior authorization delays were significantly reduced
• Existing authorization backlogs were cleared
• Denials related to clinical necessity decreased
• Providers were able to focus more time on procedures rather than administrative follow-up
• Procedure volume increased as schedules opened up
• Surgical scheduling became more reliable and predictable
• Patients received approved procedures much faster
• Patient satisfaction improved as wait times decreased
• Staff experienced less administrative stress

Patients were no longer waiting weeks for procedures due to administrative bottlenecks.

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Strategic Impact

Why It Mattered

By combining deep expertise in pain and orthopedic utilization management with technology-enabled processes, GoHealthcare addressed the root causes of operational delays. Clean, accurate authorizations, better tracking, and proactive follow-up eliminated rework and restored confidence across the practice.

Providers became busier doing what they do best—performing procedures and caring for patients—while patients benefited from faster access to care.

GoHealthcare’s ability to blend operational expertise with practical technology made the organization a trusted partner in supporting efficient, patient-centered pain and orthopedic operations.

GoHealthcare Insights

The central operational problem was not merely submission volume. It was the absence of clinically informed, standardized, visible, and accountable authorization workflows.

Leadership Perspective

Clearing a backlog solves an immediate problem. Building a controlled operating model prevents the backlog from returning and protects patient access, staff capacity, and provider productivity.

Key Takeaways

• Clinical necessity expertise improves first-pass quality.
• Structured follow-up reduces avoidable delays.
• Integrated authorization and scheduling improve access to care.

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Founder and Chief Executive Officer of GoHealthcare Practice Solutions

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This content is provided for general educational and informational purposes and is not clinical, legal, regulatory, coding, billing, reimbursement, compliance, utilization-management, workers’ compensation, payer-policy, or medical-necessity advice. Requirements vary by payer, plan, jurisdiction, contract, date of service, provider type, procedure, diagnosis, and clinical circumstance.

Practices should independently verify current laws, regulations, coding rules, payer policies, utilization-management criteria, contract terms, medical-necessity requirements, and documentation standards. Case-study outcomes are engagement-specific and do not guarantee identical or future results. No patient, provider, payer, or client-identifying information is presented.

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