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FrontDesk Shield

An agentic AI solution for pre-clinical, administrative and front-end RCM functions
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LIVE VERIFICATION ENGINE — PATIENT INTAKE
94% Claim payability confidence
👤
Sarah M. / DOB 03-15-1982
Appt: 10:30AM • Dr. Patel, MD • CPT 27447
BCBS-IL • PPO

Eligibility & Coverage

✓
Active coverage confirmed Effective 01/01/2025
✓
CPT 27447 — Benefit active In-network • $850 deductible met
!
Secondary: Medicare — verify COB Coordination of benefits required

Credentialing Shield

✓
Dr. Patel credentialed — BCBS NPI verified • Active
✓
Facility credentialed — In-network Billing NPI verified
✓
No credentialing gap detected Renewal: 8 months out
⛔
Prior Auth Required — Action Needed

CPT 27447 (Total Knee Replacement) requires prior auth under BCBS-IL PPO. Submitting without auth may reduce reimbursement. Initiate PA request now.

Estimated Revenue Protected This Encounter
100% Recoverable
Alert Actioned Auto-Logged
Background Simpel FrontDeskShield
Sample Client Partners
Advanced-Derm
SolarisHealth
rayus
PF
Penn-Medicine
IBJI
Great-Expressions
Firstfertility
AllergyPartners
AbsoluteDental
the-smilist
Stamford
OGI
Maxhealth
eyecare
ERC
Emerus
Duly
Product Overview

FrontDeskShield is an AI-powered eligibility verification and front-end RCM platform that automates patient registration, insurance validation, and pre-visit administrative workflows. FrontDeskShield captures and verifies demographic, coverage, and benefit information prior to the visit in order to improve accuracy, increase throughput, reduce eligibility-related denials, and ensure clean data enters the revenue cycle.

Registration & Eligibility Automation

Streamlines patient registration, eligibility verification, and prior authorization to ensure accurate, payer-ready data before the visit

Automated Data Capture

Automates demographic and insurance data capture to improve accuracy, reduce manual effort, and eliminate front-end errors

Pre-Visit Financial Readiness

Enhances appointment scheduling and pre-visit financial counseling to minimize delays and prevent avoidable denials

Agentic AI Orchestration

Specialized AI agents autonomously plan, execute, and adapt across front-end tasks, continuously learning from outcomes and updating payer-specific rules through a centralized orchestration layer

The Revenue Leakage Crisis: Your front desk is the most expensive place in your practice.

Existing verification tools answer one question: “Is this patient covered?”
They never answer the questions that actually determine whether claims get paid.

FrontDeskShield intercepts eligibility failures, credentialing gaps, and prior auth surprises before the provider walks in — eliminating the root causes that drive 67% of all denials.

11.8%
National denial rate — up from 10.2% last year. Industry in free fall.
67%
Of all denials originate at the front desk before care is even delivered.
4–6%
Of gross annual revenue lost to front-end denials — regardless of practice size.
3–5×
Cost to rework a denied claim vs. preventing it upfront. Compounds at scale.

29 Capabilities Across 10 Journey Steps: Everything the front desk needs, unified in one engine.

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Real-Time Eligibility Verification
Instant coverage confirmation across 900+ payers. Active benefits, deductible status, copays — in under 30 seconds. No more portal-hopping.
3 min → <30 sec per patient
🔍
CPT-Level Coverage Intelligence
Checks if the specific procedure code is covered under the patient's actual plan — not just whether they have insurance. Eliminates CO-4 and CO-96 denials.
Prevents CPT mismatch denials
🛡️
Credentialing Gap Detection
Cross-references provider enrollment status against DenialShield's credentialing intelligence. Catches 100%-denial scenarios before the encounter begins.
Up to 100% of gap-period revenue recovered
📋
Predictive Prior Auth Flagging
Identifies procedures requiring authorization before the appointment, enabling pre-submission. Eliminates no-auth denials and last-minute patient cancellations.
>90% PA prediction accuracy
📄
Good Faith Estimate Generator
Automated NSA-compliant GFE generation at point of service. Eliminates $10,000 CMS penalty risk and builds patient trust through transparent cost communication.
NSA Compliance — CO penalty avoided
📊
Executive Revenue Dashboard
Real-time visibility into denial trends, revenue protected, provider-payer risk maps, and ROI tracking. From Month 1, leadership sees the value in dollars.
Live revenue protection tracking

Key Product Features

AI Agent Node

Specialized AI Agents

Each RCM task is handled by a specialized, goal-driven AI agent (e.g., registration, eligibility, prior auth).

Orchestration Node

Central Orchestration

A central orchestration layer ensures seamless coordination across all specialized tasks.

Adaptive Node

Adaptive AI Learning

These agents autonomously plan, execute, and adapt to achieve outcomes, continuously learning from new outcomes and updating payer-specific rules.

Eligibility-Driven Revenue Protection

Double eligibility verification productivity

  • Increase daily eligibility verifications from approximately 70 to 150 per FTE
  • Deliver nearly 2× productivity gains through automation and exception-based workflows
  • Centralize eligibility verification as a dedicated function to drive headcount efficiency without sacrificing accuracy

Reduce eligibility-driven denials

  • Validate coverage, benefits, and plan rules prior to the visit
  • Catch missing, inactive, or mismatched eligibility data before claims are submitted
  • Reduce downstream rework, denials, and write-offs tied specifically to eligibility verification errors

6-Stage Protection Pipeline: Every patient encounter, fully protected end-to-end.

01
Prepare
Appointment intelligence & prior encounter context loaded
02
Intake
Patient identity verified, insurance cards scanned & matched
03
Verify
Real-time eligibility + CPT-level coverage checked in <30s
04
Validate
Credentialing cross-referenced with DenialShield intelligence
05
Protect
Prior auth flagged, alerts issued, provider redirect if needed
06
Close
Collections, estimates, and NSA Good Faith compliance documented

Value Creation Opportunity

Admin Costs Soaring
+$18BN
A 43% Jump (2021-2022)
Major Revenue Drain
79%
Cite Denials as Top RCM Issue
Labor Costs Climbing
5.4%
YoY Workforce Increase
Inefficiency Breakdown
Revenue Lost (Front-end) 15%
Expected Increase (2025) High
Data Period 23/24
Industry Alert: workforce expenses rising annually.
Further increases anticipated through 2025.
Note: Statistics derived from Nov 2023 - Nov 2024 analysis
v5.2025 // Market Pulse Engine
POWERING REVENUE PERFORMANCE

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