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Real time coding. Cutting turnaround from days to hours.

Coding turnaround used to be measured in days. With autonomous platforms, it is measured in hours, and on inpatient charts, in minutes. Faster coding compresses the cash cycle. Here is the math.

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TAT Speed AI Operations

Coding turnaround used to be measured in days. With autonomous platforms, it is measured in hours, and on inpatient charts, in minutes. Faster coding compresses the cash cycle and lifts working capital. Here is the math.

NOTE TO CLAIM TIMELINE START MANUAL 3.4 days AI 4 hours 21x FASTER

01 / WHYWhy TAT matters more than ever

Cash that does not move is cash that costs you.

Every day a claim sits before submission costs working capital. The industry median for note to claim turnaround is 3.4 days. AI first hospitals run 4 hours. That gap is worth 11 days of DSO compression on average, and 1.4 million dollars in released working capital on a 250 bed hospital.

3.4 days
MANUAL TAT
Industry median
4 hours
AI FIRST TAT
Same workload
11 days
DSO IMPROVEMENT
Median deployment, 6 mo

02 / HOWHow AI accelerates each step

Five steps that used to take 80 minutes now take 90 seconds.

STEP 01
Note read
NLP parses the chart at submission, not next morning
STEP 02
Code suggest
AI proposes codes with audit trail
STEP 03
Edits run
Payer rules fire in real time
STEP 04
Coder reviews
Only exceptions land in the queue
STEP 05
Submit
Clean claim ships, often before the patient leaves the lobby

03 / BENCHBenchmarks across specialties

Where the speed up shows up most.

Outpatient primary care
2.1 hr
Outpatient surgery
3.4 hr
Inpatient routine
6.8 hr
Inpatient complex
24 hr
Behavioral health
4.2 hr

04 / FASTWhat real time looks like

One chart, end to end, in 90 seconds.

We had a same day visit at 2 pm and the claim was paid by 6 am the next morning. That used to take three weeks.

ASP RCM client, multi specialty group

05 / STEPSThree steps to compress TAT

Pick one, start this week.

  1. Measure your current note to claim TAT by chart type
  2. Identify the highest volume chart type with the longest TAT
  3. Run a 4 week pilot with AI coding on that single chart type
Bottom line

TAT compression is the most underrated line in the AI coding business case. CFOs love it. CIOs love it. Even physicians love it. It is the rare upgrade everyone agrees on.

Map your TAT today

We benchmark your current note to claim turnaround against peers and show you which chart types have the highest TAT compression potential.