Payer underpayments are common across healthcare, and most go undetected. Revenue cycle teams are left manually comparing ERA 835 remittance files against complex contract fee schedules line by line, a process too slow and error-prone to keep pace with claim volume.
Our AI-Powered Healthcare Revenue Integrity Management, built on ServiceNow, automates the reconciliation of payer reimbursements against contracted rates, flags discrepancies in real time, and streamlines the appeals process from end to end. The result: faster payment verification, reduced manual workload, and recovered revenue that would otherwise be lost.
The AI-Powered Healthcare Revenue Integrity Management solution delivers a set of integrated capabilities that automate the end-to-end reconciliation lifecycle—from contract ingestion to appeal generation.
Automated Contract Ingestion and Structuring
- Enables users to upload payer-provider contract documents directly into the system
- Uses Document Intelligence to extract raw contract data from unstructured documents
- Leverages Now Assist – Revenue Integrity Contract Ingestion Assist to:
- Parse extracted values
- Identify fee schedule rows
- Normalize contract terms into structured datasets
- Produces standardized outputs including:
- CPT Code
- Description
- Allowed Amount
- E/M classification
- Minor procedure indicators
ERA (835) Payment Processing
- Allows users to upload ERA (835) remittance files to the Reconciliation Case
- Parses payment data into structured claim and line-level records
- Extracts key elements such as:
- CPT codes
- Paid amounts
- Service lines
- Claim identifiers
Automated Reconciliation Engine
- Compares structured contract fee schedules against ERA payment data
- Performs line-level validation of:
- Expected (allowed) vs actual (paid) amounts
- CPT code matching
- Modifier and classification considerations
- Generates Reconciliation Line records with:
- Contracted amount
- Paid amount
- Variance
- Underpayment indicators
- Handles:
- Contract-to-case linking via payer/provider normalization
- Fee schedule validation before execution
AI-Driven Contract Normalization
- Uses Now Assist Contract Ingestion Assist to transform extracted contract data into a consistent, machine-readable format
- Eliminates inconsistencies in contract interpretation across analysts
- Ensures downstream reconciliation logic operates on standardized inputs
AI-Powered Appeal Generation
- Provides a Generate Appeal action within the Reconciliation Case
- Uses Now Assist – Revenue Integrity Reimbursement Assist to:
- Analyze reconciliation results
- Identify valid underpayment scenarios
- Generate structured appeal requests
- Produces:
- Justification based on contract vs payment variance
- Clear reimbursement discrepancy explanation
- Ready-to-use appeal content
Case-Centric Workflow Management
- All processing is managed through a Reconciliation Case
- Tracks:
- Uploaded contract and ERA files
- Processing state
- Reconciliation results
- Underpayment findings
- Appeal generation outputs
- Provides a single source of truth for each reconciliation scenario
Unified Upload Experience (Optional)
- Provides a guided intake interface to simplify file submission
- Allows users to upload contract and ERA files in a single flow
- Automatically:
- Creates the reconciliation case
- Attaches and registers files
- Triggers processing
- Reduces the need to navigate across multiple modules
Workflow Automation via Flow Designer
- Automates key lifecycle steps including:
- Document ingestion and extraction
- Contract structuring
- Contract-case linking
- Reconciliation execution
- Ensures consistent, repeatable processing without manual intervention
Error Handling and Exception Management
- Detects and flags scenarios such as:
- Missing contract
- Ambiguous contract matches
- Missing fee schedules
- Incomplete ERA data
- Routes cases for manual review when required
- Prevents invalid or incomplete reconciliation execution
This is the first release of this App.
Plug-ins Required:
- Now Assist in Document Intelligence (sn_docintel_gen_ai), Min Version 4.1.13
- Now Assist for IT Service Management (ITSM) (sn_itsm_gen_ai), Min Version 12.0.6
- Now Assist Skill Kit (sn_skill_builder), Min Version 7.1.2