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Prior Authorization Specialist

Prior Authorization / Revenue Cycle Specialist

Run a family practice's authorization desk for a week: triage an open worklist against payer deadlines, build a request that shows the plan's criteria honestly, answer a denial with the right route, handle a drug request outside the federal rule, and report the month's approval and overturn rates.
1.5 hrs taught · 4.5 to 8 hrs applied 7 modules 20 lessons 4 portfolio artifacts Completion certificate Updated September 2026
Created by the CertClue team
What you'll build

Real portfolio pieces built during the course, not a certificate for its own sake. Each one is work you can show.

  • Worklist triage planSixty-four open authorization requests put in order: which are late, which are due, which rules apply, and how the list will be kept from here.
  • Request packet reviewAn imaging request checked against the plan's published criteria, what is missing, the honest routes forward, and what the packet will contain when it goes.
  • Denial appealA denied sleep study answered on the plan's own stated reason, with the records that were missing, the route chosen, and what the patient was told.
  • Monthly authorization reportMay's requests, approvals, denials and reversals in one page, the main avoidable cause, and the plans that decided late.

What you'll learn

Prior authorization, kept short
The job, decoded
A day in the seat
The rhythm of the job
Into the simulation: Tellwick's authorization desk
Building the portfolio
What comes next

Course content · 7 modules, 20 lessons

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What the job is, how plans decide, and the federal rule that set the clock.

What prior authorization does, and who gets hired
How plans decide
The federal rule, CMS-0057-F

Requirements

  • No prior experience in this field is required to start.
  • A computer with a reliable internet connection.
  • Comfortable using a web browser - no software to install.

Description

Every CertClue course follows the same seven-part shape: fundamentals, the role translated out of job-posting language, a real working day, the job's recurring rhythms, a multi-day simulation, the portfolio you build along the way, and a handoff into your next move. Here is what that looks like for prior authorization specialist.

Who this course is for

Anyone aiming to become a prior authorization specialist, including career changers with no background in it yet. This is the entry rung of a realistic ladder:

entry
Prior Authorization Specialist

Gets the plan's approval before care happens, so patients are not left with bills and the practice is paid.

Payer criteriaRequest packetsDeadlines and escalationDenials and appeals
mid
Revenue Cycle Analyst

Finds where approvals and payments are lost across the cycle, and fixes the causes with the teams involved.

Denial trendsPayer performanceProcess fixesReporting
senior
Revenue Cycle Manager

Runs authorization, billing and collections and answers for the practice's revenue.

Team leadershipPayer relationsComplianceFinancial results
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