- Before
- “We key 31 fields to learn the one signature is missing.” Owns every form until it is a case.
- Now
- Opens a form already read and checked, with the gap boxed on the page and the request drafted; decides the two or three things that need her.
One enrollment form, from the fax line to an open case
At 07:42 a six-page fax arrives at Northwind Patient Support from Lakeshore Gastroenterology in Chicago: a Veltrimab enrollment for Marisol Vega, ulcerative colitis, prescribed by Dr. Elise Novak. Here is what happens next, screen by screen, in the working solution.
- 0107:42
The fax arrives — and its usual gap is checked first
Dana Okafor · Intake team leadDana's Incoming forms screen shows each arrival on fax line 2 with its office, time and status. Lakeshore sent 64 forms in 30 days and only 48% arrived complete, against 58% for the network. Its usual gap is the patient authorization, unsigned on 21 of 64 — so before the agents read anything else, they look at that box.
“Checked first on every Lakeshore form. The form is usually faxed before the patient signs at check-out.”
- 02Seconds later
Six pages, 31 fields, every value tied to its box
Packet Sorter and Form ReaderThe Packet Sorter splits the fax into the enrollment form (pages 1 and 2), the prescription, the demographic sheet, the insurance card and the chart note. The Form Reader reads 31 typed and handwritten fields into the patient record, each with its confidence and page; click a row and its box lights on the faxed page. Three were read below 90%.
Every value keeps its page and box — the Form Reader never infers a value that is not written.
- 03The verdict
The authorization is blank — boxed in red, outreach locked
Completeness CheckerTwelve of the 15 Veltrimab form rules pass. The patient signature and date in section 2 are both empty, so the rule that blocks the case fails and the line is boxed in red on the page and on the record. Patient outreach stays locked until the authorization is signed; the text-consent box is ticked.
“Until it is signed, no health information goes to the programme and nobody contacts Marisol.”
- 04Already drafted
A fax-back to Rosa Diaz, asking only for what is missing
Office Request WriterThe request to Rosa Diaz, Lakeshore's office coordinator, at (312) 555-0148 asks for the patient's signature and date on the authorization — page 1, section 2 — with the page attached and the line marked. It reminds the office to black out Social Security numbers: the one on the demographic sheet was masked on arrival. It cannot go yet.
“2 items on this form need your decision before it goes — ICD-10 code does not match the box; member ID differs from the card.”
- 05Two decisions
A Crohn's code on a UC form, and two swapped digits
Dana Okafor · Intake team leadThe ulcerative colitis box is ticked, but K50.90 — a Crohn's disease code — is written; the prescription line and the chart note both say ulcerative colitis. The member ID reads NWH 4417 2093 on the form and NWH 4471 2093 on the printed card, read at 99%. Dana asks the office to confirm its code and takes the card value.
“This is a form check, not a clinical call — the office confirms its own code.”
- 06Approved
The request now has two items, and nothing more
Dana Okafor · Intake team leadThe Office Request Writer adds the code question: “Please confirm the ICD-10 code. The form ticks ulcerative colitis, but the code written, K50.90, is a Crohn's disease code — page 2, section 4.” Thirteen of 15 checks now pass. Dana reads the letter, can edit the wording, and approves and sends it.
“Attached: page 1 with the lines to complete marked. No insurance numbers or diagnosis codes beyond what is asked.”
- 07Sent
Pending info, with the follow-up already scheduled
Case OpenerThe request is faxed to Lakeshore and the case opens in the hub system as Pending info. The follow-up timers start: a call to the office at 24 hours, a second request with the e-signature link at 48 hours, and close as incomplete at day 10. Outreach to Marisol stays locked.
“Faxed to (312) 555-0148 at 07:43. Patient outreach stays locked until the signed page comes back.”
- 08The reply
The signed page comes back and matches itself to the case
Packet SorterLakeshore's one-page reply is matched to ENR-24817 on two identifiers — the office fax number and the patient's date of birth, never on name alone. Marisol has signed and dated the authorization, and Dr. Novak confirms ulcerative colitis, K51.90: “K50.90 was written in error.” All 15 checks pass, and the hub may now contact Marisol by phone and text.
“Complete — confirm 2 fields. The office's reply completed every check.”
- 09Case opened
Two handwritten fields confirmed, then handed to benefits
Dana Okafor and Sam PatelDana confirms the two handwritten values read below 90% — the date of diagnosis and the TB test — and opens the case. The Case Opener writes the cited fields to the hub system and hands it to Sam Patel, the case manager, who starts benefits verification with Harborline Health Plan.
“Opened in the hub system and handed to Sam Patel for benefits verification.”
- 10Fixing the cause
A coaching note so Lakeshore's next form arrives signed
Dana Okafor · Intake team leadLakeshore's page shows what it misses over 30 days: the patient authorization 21 times, the member ID 6, the ICD-10 code 4, the insurance cards 2. The Office Request Writer drafts a short note to Rosa from those gaps — have the patient sign section 2 at check-in, attach both sides of the cards, check the code against the box — with a one-page checklist. Dana approves it before it goes.
“Most gaps come from the patient signature on page 1 — the form is often faxed before the patient signs at check-out.”