SamaCare’s Prior Authorization Management Platform Available on the ModMed EMR

Retina and multi-specialty ophthalmology practices will now be able to synchronize data and share documents between the ModMed all-in-one ophthalmology solution and SamaCare’s prior authorization management platform, according to a SamaCare news release.

The interface supports simplified workflows for practices using ModMed and SamaCare’s free prior authorization platform for physician-administered medications.

“SamaCare’s free platform aims to alleviate one of the biggest administrative burdens in healthcare today—prior authorization management—by unifying and automating prior authorization submissions, tracking, and follow-up across all payers and physician-administered drugs,” Syam Palakurthy, CEO and founder of SamaCare, said in the news release. “The goal of making SamaCare available on key specialty EMRs and healthcare IT systems like ModMed is to reduce administrative workload and prevent human errors caused by manual data entry between systems, ultimately reducing staff burnout and facilitating a better patient experience.”

Through SamaCare, retina and multi-specialty ophthalmology practices using ModMed have a solution that enables the seamless two-way transfer of demographic data and clinical documentation. This reduces time-consuming double entry and improves data reconciliation between systems, enabling medical practices to focus on what actually matters: delivering care to patients.

“Our goal at ModMed is to help practices streamline all aspects of their clinical experience and business operations. SamaCare has built unique technology to help ophthalmology practices streamline prior authorization management,” said Patrick Herde, general manager of ophthalmology at ModMed. “We wanted to ensure this functionality was available to ModMed practices in a way that maximizes efficiency and eliminates the need for manual data reconciliation between systems.”

“Prior authorization has always been a manual process requiring an employee to check on approval,” said Dr. Michael Rivers, senior director of ophthalmology for ModMed. “SamaCare automates this process and solves a huge barrier in this workflow.”