Spotlight: Dr. Atiya Hasan @ Samar Health

A spotlight is a short-form interview with a leader in health tech. In this spotlight, you'll hear from Dr. Atiya Hasan, CEO of Samar Health.

What does Samar Health do?

Samar Health is a healthcare operations company that supports medical practices across the full spectrum of revenue cycle management and clinical operations.

We help practices scale by handling:

• Provider licensing, credentialing, and payer enrollment

• End-to-end revenue cycle management

• Prior authorizations and insurance verification

• Patient intake and scheduling

• Virtual medical assistant (MA) support

• Fax management, EHR inbox management, and administrative workflows

Our goal is to remove operational and administrative burdens so providers can focus on delivering care while practices maintain compliance and optimize revenue.

How did you end up working in health tech?

Early on in my clinical days, I saw how much time providers and staff were spending on administrative barriers like licensing delays, prior authorizations, and general billing-related issues. It made the practice of medicine very challenging and not fun.

I came into health tech through healthcare consulting. My experience in health tech became the space where I could combine operations, strategy, and technology to improve how care is delivered and supported behind the scenes. Over time, my work naturally expanded into revenue cycle management, compliance, and operational infrastructure. 

How does your role intersect with revenue cycle management (RCM)?

My role intersects with revenue cycle management across both the upstream and operational parts of the cycle.

At Samar Health, we support practices across the entire continuum. From getting providers credentialed to managing prior auths and handling ongoing billing operations, we help ensure that practices can capture revenue efficiently and avoid delays or denials.

What do you think RCM will look like two years from now?

In the next two years, RCM will become much more integrated with clinical and operational workflows.

• AI assisting with prior authorizations, eligibility checks, and denial prevention

• Virtual care teams and virtual MAs becoming a standard part of practice operations

• RCM moving upstream, with more focus on intake accuracy, authorizations, and payer rules before services are delivered

• Practices outsourcing more operational functions to specialized partners to improve efficiency and reduce staffing strain

The biggest change will be that RCM will no longer be viewed as just billing. It will be seen as a comprehensive operational strategy that includes intake, authorizations, administrative support, and revenue optimization. Samar Health offers this full spectrum of work today.