{
  "id": 1641279,
  "title": "Four health systems, including Ochsner and Denver Health, go live with Epic's real-time prior authorization checks",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/four-health-systems-including-ochsner-and-denver-health-go-live-with",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-18T03:30:50.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Fierce Healthcare",
    "slug": "fierce-healthcare",
    "url": "https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/health-tech/ochsner-summit-health-among-health-systems-launch-real-time-prior-authorization-checks"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "UnitedHealthcare, Network Health and Aetna are among the first group of health plans to go live with the API, while Ochsner Health, Froedtert ThedaCare Health, Denver Health and Summit Health are the four health systems now using the real-time prior auth checks.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}