§ Interactive Tool · Unit Economics Inversion

AI removes the easy denials. Does that actually help?

Complex denials cost 10× more per recovered dollar than routine ones. When AI automates the simple cases, your blended economics get worse — not better. See your numbers.

Step 1 of 3
Step 1 · Your Denial Mix

How your denials break down

Monthly denial volume
120
Average denied claim value
$3,500
% Routine / template-eligible denials
65%
Industry average: 60–70% of BH denials are routine (coding, timely filing, auth coordination). The remaining 30–40% are complex — medical necessity, interpretation-dependent, payer-behavior-driven.
Step 2 · Your Labor Profile

What denials cost to work

Denial management FTEs
2.0
Avg cost per FTE (loaded)
$65K
Minutes per routine appeal
45 min
Minutes per complex appeal
195 min
Step 3 · Complexity Shift

Win rates and the AI effect

Routine denial win rate
72%
Complex denial win rate
35%
AI automation of routine denials (%)
50%
Annual complexity increase (%)
5%
When AI automates 50%+ of routine denials, your team's time shifts overwhelmingly to complex cases — where win rates are half and labor costs are 4×.

Your Unit Economics Report

💸 The Inversion — Cost Per Recovered Dollar
CategoryRoutine DenialsComplex DenialsMultiplier
Avg time per case
Labor cost per case
Win rate
Avg recovered per case
Cost per recovered $
📈 The Trajectory — What AI Automation Does to Your Blended Economics
ScenarioBlended Cost/$Revenue at RiskTeam Capacity
Today (no AI)
With AI (routine automated)
Year 2 (complexity grows)
AI makes your team faster on easy cases — but it doesn't help them win complex ones. As routine work disappears, your blended cost per recovered dollar rises because complex cases dominate the denominator.
🔧 The Fix — Precedent Intelligence on Complex Denials
Without StratumWith StratumImpact
Complex time per case
Complex win rate
Complex cost/$
Blended cost/$ (with AI)
Annual recovered revenue

AI handles volume. Stratum handles complexity.

See how precedent intelligence closes the unit economics gap your AI tools create.

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Stratum projections: 60% complex time reduction, 25% complex win rate lift. Industry data: AMA 2024, KFF 2024, Experian 2025. © 2026 Stratum Collective.
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