How much is manual workflow costing your DME business?

Estimate the revenue you lose every year to claim denials, write-offs, and manual intake, prior-auth, and resupply work — and how much automation could recover. Free, instant, runs in your browser. No email required.

Your numbers

Drag the sliders to match your operation. Don't have exact figures? Estimates are fine — the goal is the order of magnitude.

New orders or claims you process per month.
Average reimbursed amount per order/claim.
Share of claims initially denied. Industry average runs ~10-15%.
Denials written off instead of reworked/appealed.
Combined hours on fax intake, prior-auth, and resupply outreach.
Wage plus benefits/overhead per hour.

Your estimated annual leak

Updates as you type. Conservative by design.

Total annual revenue leak
$0
denials written off + manual labor
Denial write-offsUnrecovered denied revenue / year
$0
Manual labor costHours on intake, auth, resupply / year
$0
Recoverable with automation
$0
conservative range, per year
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These figures are directional estimates based on the inputs you provide and typical industry benchmarks — not a guarantee or a quote. Your actual results depend on payer mix, documentation quality, and which workflows you automate. Use this to size the opportunity, then book a discovery audit to get your real numbers.

How this is calculated

No black box. Here is exactly what the calculator does with your inputs.

Denial write-offs
Monthly orders × 12 × avg revenue × denial rate × % never recovered. The revenue you simply never collect.
Manual labor cost
Staff hours/week × 52 × loaded hourly cost. The payroll burned on work software should handle.
Recoverable range
Low: 50% of write-offs + 40% of labor. High: 70% of write-offs + 60% of labor. Based on typical automation outcomes.
Why conservative
We deliberately exclude harder-to-quantify gains (faster cash, fewer audits, staff retention) so the number is defensible.

Turn this estimate into your real number

The calculator sizes the opportunity. A SynergyIQ Automation Discovery & Audit measures it — we shadow your actual workflow, map where revenue leaks, and hand you a written, vendor-neutral report. $750 credits toward a build if you proceed.

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Frequently asked questions

How much revenue do DME suppliers lose to claim denials?

It varies, but a typical DME supplier loses revenue two ways: denied claims that are never reworked (commonly 30-50% of denials get written off instead of appealed), and staff hours spent on manual intake, prior authorization, and resupply outreach. On a few hundred monthly orders, the combined leak often runs into six figures a year. The calculator above estimates your specific number.

How much can automation actually recover?

Conservatively, clean-claim automation, automated prior-auth verification, and documentation checks recover roughly 50-70% of preventable denial write-offs, while intelligent intake and resupply automation cut manual labor by roughly 40-60% — AI fax intake alone often drops processing time from about 12 minutes to under 2. The calculator shows a low-to-high range so you see a realistic floor, not a best case.

Do I have to replace Brightree, WellSky, or NikoHealth?

No. SynergyIQ builds a thin automation layer on top of your existing platform via APIs, HL7/FHIR, RPA, or secure database reads. It reads referrals, writes orders, posts auth status, triggers resupply outreach, and runs pre-claim validation — without ripping out the system you already pay for.

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Yes. It runs entirely in your browser — no numbers are sent anywhere and no email is required to see your result.

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