Table 5 Cost of prior authorization requests by staff role
Position | EF Count | Total time (minutes) | Time (%) | Average time per EF (minutes) | Cost (%) | Cost estimate ($) | Average cost ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Clerical | 221 | 3147 | 48.5 | 14.2 | 18.7 | 1053 | 4 |
LPN | 79 | 983 | 15.2 | 12.4 | 16.3 | 400 | 4 |
PA | 20 | 298 | 4.6 | 14.9 | 19.6 | 270 | 11 |
Physician | 34 | 532 | 8.2 | 15.6 | 20.6 | 852 | 20 |
RN | 81 | 1524 | 23.5 | 18.8 | 24.8 | 1029 | 10 |