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Draft prior authorization paperwork for small clinics.

On X, 61 posts matched our search for this problem in the 7 days to 2026-10-15.

🔥 61 posts this week · 190 likes

Based on @propublica on X (opens in new tab)

The problem (from X)

Patients and journalists are posting about prior authorization delays and denials holding up treatment.

61 posts matched our search in the 7 days to Oct 15, 2026; the top matching posts drew 190 likes, 113 reposts and 13 replies.

What people are posting (in our words)

The business below is our own idea for solving this problem, not a company described in these posts.

Who it’s for

Small medical practices, therapy clinics and medical billing companies.

Adapt it to your industry

  • Start with one city, niche or customer type, then expand.
  • Ask your first 10 customers what they would pay before you build more.
  • Keep a human check on anything that is sent in a customer’s name.

Step by step

  1. Talk to 5 practice managers about which prior auths take the most time.
  2. Build templates for the top 10 payer requests and appeal letters.
  3. Use a HIPAA-eligible AI setup to draft from visit notes; staff review every draft.
  4. Track each request and its deadline in a simple automation.
  5. Charge a monthly fee per clinic.
  6. Sign business associate agreements and use compliant tools only.

Ready-to-copy prompt

Using this de-identified visit summary [paste] and this payer’s prior authorization criteria [paste], draft a prior authorization request that maps each criterion to the evidence in the note, and list anything missing.

Start with AI

Opens the AI with this guide and the prompt filled in.

Open in ChatGPT (opens in new tab)Open in Claude (opens in new tab)Open in Grok (opens in new tab)
Time
1–3 hoursOur estimate

Your launch plan

Everything to build it, get customers and get paid, in order. Prices are public list prices, checked Oct 15, 2026.

  1. Sign up for Claude (incl. Claude Code) (opens in new tab) (Free tier · Pro $20/mo).
  2. Sign up for Make automations (opens in new tab) (Free tier · Core $16/mo).
  3. Sign up for Carrd one-page site (opens in new tab) (Free tier · Pro Standard $19/yr (≈$1.58/mo, custom domain)).
  4. Build the first version: follow the steps above, or press “Open in ChatGPT/Claude/Grok” to get help.
  5. Set up payments with Stripe payments (opens in new tab) (No monthly fee · 2.9% + 30¢ per card payment) and put the payment link on your page.
  6. For outreach, sign up for Apollo (find business emails) (opens in new tab) (Free tier · Basic $65/mo).
  7. Get customers. LinkedIn: share results and message people in your target job (free).
  8. Get customers. Cold email: a short, personal note to 20 people a day who clearly have the problem.
  9. Get customers. Local: walk in or call 10 nearby businesses with a demo (free).
  10. Offer your first 3 customers a “founding” price for honest feedback and a testimonial.
  11. Charge $399 per clinic per month (monthly fee per clinic), and ask every happy customer for one introduction.
Monthly cost$0–$103/monthFree tiers → paid plans of the tools above. Card fees come out of each sale.
What you could earn · EstimateEstimate: 3 clinics × $399 = $1,197/moOur estimate, not a fact or a promise. It’s simple math if you land these customers at this price.
Details: source, numbers and tags

What they did

AI pulls the needed facts from a visit note and drafts the prior-auth request and appeal letters for staff to check and send. We designed this business around a problem people post about on X; it is an idea, not a report of an existing company.

How it went

On X, 61 posts matched our search for this problem in the 7 days to 2026-10-15. The 23 top matching posts we checked drew 190 likes, 113 reposts and 13 replies.

Worth knowing

Use HIPAA-compliant vendors with BAAs. A licensed clinician must review and sign.

Difficulty
BeginnerOur rating
Time to build
Not reportedOur estimate
Monthly cost
Not reported
Revenue
Not reportedWe only show revenue the source states
Engagement
No public countThe source shows no number
X buzz
43 · 61 posts in 7 days190 likes, 113 reposts, 13 replies, 4 quotes on 23 top posts · fetched Oct 15, 2026 · query: "prior authorization" (denied OR delay OR delayed OR waiting OR nightmare) -is:retweet lang:en

Posted · Added Oct 15, 2026

Original builder recipe

  • ChatGPT
  • Claude
  1. Talk to 5 practice managers about which prior auths take the most time.
  2. Build templates for the top 10 payer requests and appeal letters.
  3. Use a HIPAA-eligible AI setup to draft from visit notes; staff review every draft.
  4. Track each request and its deadline in a simple automation.
  5. Charge a monthly fee per clinic.
  6. Sign business associate agreements and use compliant tools only.

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