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Write medical-necessity letters and prior authorization requests
Who did it: Reddit user u/Bmcmullen87 (primary care)
A primary-care clinician on r/smallbusiness said they use it daily for letters of medical necessity, recommendation letters, prior authorization requests and work notes.
โฑ Time saved: "Probably saves me enough time per day to see one or two extra patients" (per source)
Steps
- Never paste identifiable patient data into a tool that isn't approved for it.
- Give the tool the de-identified clinical facts and the insurer's requirements.
- Ask for a draft letter.
- Review clinically, add patient details in your own system, sign.
The prompt
Example prompt written by FirstAIWin to match the documented task โ not the original user's words. Replace the [brackets].
Draft a letter of medical necessity for [treatment] for a [age]-year-old patient with [diagnosis, de-identified]. Previous treatments tried: [list]. Reason this treatment is needed: [reason]. Professional tone, one page, with placeholders for patient name and date of birth.
Source: Reddit r/smallbusiness (Reddit)