Shift Agents · Denial Management

AI denial management that works every denied claim before the filing limit.

The Denial Management Agent finds denials, rejections and claims that were simply never paid, works out why, fixes the cause with the other agents, and resubmits before the filing limit. The fix is saved as a rule for that payer, so the same denial doesn’t come back.

● Shift Agents · RCM Day 45

Claim #88214

  1. Denial Management Agent

    No payment 45 days after submission.

    Checking status with the payer…

    The payer has no record of the claim.

    Found: rejected at the clearinghouse, never worked.

  2. Insurance Verification Agent

    Rejection reason: member ID not found.

    Re-verifying with the new ID…

    Memory: This payer reissues member IDs every January.

    Correct member ID on file. Coverage active.

  3. Denial Management Agent

    Rebuilding with the new member ID…

    Resubmitted.

    Accepted by the payer, 11 days inside the limit.

What it does

What it works

Denials

Classified by reason, like CO-197 for a missing auth.

Rejections

Claims that never reached the payer at all.

Silent claims

No payment and no denial, found by checking status.

Secondary claims

Billed with the primary EOB attached.

Payer rules

Each fix saved, so the same denial doesn’t recur.

Where it works

Where it fits in the journey.

The line it won’t cross

It knows when a person must sign.

Routes resubmissions to a coder or clinician for payers whose contracts require sign-off, rather than assuming its own authority.

Everything else it can fix and resubmit itself is logged with the reason.

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How it connects

Works inside the systems you already run.

Your EHR / PM

Reads and writes in the systems your team already uses.

  • athenahealth
  • NextGen
  • AdvancedMD
  • eClinicalWorks
  • Greenway
  • ModMed
  • SIS

Clearinghouse and payers

Claims, remittances and claim status.

  • EDI 837
  • EDI 835
All channels and integrations →
Up to 65% of denied claims are never reworked. Source: HFMA. Cited industry benchmark, not a Shift claim.

Questions

Denial Management Agent, answered.

Does it only handle denials?

No. It also finds claims rejected at the clearinghouse and claims that were never paid or denied, which often go unnoticed the longest.

How does it stop the same denial recurring?

When it fixes a denial, it saves the fix as a rule for that payer, such as attaching the auth to every claim up front.

Does anyone review what it resubmits?

For payers whose contracts require a coder or clinician to sign off, it routes the resubmission to your team instead of sending it itself.

Does it work with our EHR?

It works with athenahealth, NextGen, AdvancedMD, eClinicalWorks, Greenway, ModMed and SIS, using APIs where they exist and Browser Agents where they don’t.

How is patient data protected?

Every customer gets a BAA, data is encrypted in transit and at rest, and each agent sees only what its task needs. Every action is logged with its reason.

Works alongside

See the Denial Management Agent work a week like yours.

20 minutes, with Lance Rodela, founder.