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Almara

Claims settled before the file gets cold

Outpatient claims arriving already adjudicated, so the routine majority never joins a queue
Sector
Health insurance
Location
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Year
2026
Kickoff to production
18 weeks
01Overview

Claims adjudication for a health insurer: the routine majority settle themselves, and the rest reach a reviewer with the rules already applied.

02The problem

Outpatient claims took nine days and three pairs of hands. Benefit limits were read out of a policy PDF by whoever picked up the file, so identical claims got different answers and providers chased payment by phone.

The claims desk on an ordinary week, every row carrying the rule version that decided it
03What we built
  1. 01

    Benefits as rules

    Policy wordings became a versioned rule set with dates, limits and exclusions, so an outcome traces to a clause rather than to a colleague.

  2. 02

    Adjudicate on arrival

    Eligibility, coding and pricing run the moment a claim is submitted. Anything clean and inside limits is priced and approved without joining a queue.

  3. 03

    A reviewer's file, pre-built

    Claims that need judgement arrive with line items, rules applied, provider history and the single question that needs answering.

A claim that needs a clinician, pre-built down to the single question left to answer
Clinic Horizon reading what settles today instead of ringing the payments team
04The result

Most outpatient claims now settle the same day, provider chase calls collapsed, and the medical team reviews the claims that genuinely need a clinician.

What changed

Routine outpatient claims
Same day
Straightforward majority
Auto-adjudicated
On complex cases
Medical time
The remittance advice the run prints, with every deduction citing its clause

Stack

  • Next.js
  • Python
  • Postgres
  • Temporal
  • HL7 FHIR

Disciplines applied

  • AI solutions
  • Automation & operations
  • Financial technology

Closing

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