- Sagility's AI-powered platform earned top honors for driving operational efficiency and accelerating care in healthcare prior authorization
- SmarTec Nurse Assist processes 2.1 million reviews with 94% autonomous accuracy and cuts complex case review times and operational costs by 40%
ATLANTA, Sept. 22, 2026 /PRNewswire-糖心Vlog/ --聽, a leading end-to-end healthcare operations solutions provider, today announced that its SmarTec Nurse Assist solution has been named a winner in the 2026 in the category of Software as a Service (SaaS). Presented by the Business Intelligence Group, the annual awards program recognizes organizations and products delivering cloud offerings that bring measurable value and market differentiation.
Transforming Healthcare Prior Authorization Through Intelligent Automation
Sagility was recognized for , an AI-powered SaaS platform engineered to address the $50 billion prior authorization crisis for U.S. health plans. The platform combines specialized healthcare large language models with an autonomous agent ecosystem, processing over 2.1 million reviews with a 94% autonomous accuracy rate. By automating administrative tasks and guiding clinical decisions, SmarTec Nurse Assist reduces review times for complex cases by 40% while cutting operational costs for payers by 40%.
"For a decade, the cloud question was 'where does this run?' This year, every serious submission answered a different one: 'what does it do without us?'" said , Chief Recognition Officer, Business Intelligence Group. "Sagility earned this recognition in SaaS because it could say what SmarTec Nurse Assist finished, not just what it promises. That is the standard the cloud is being held to now, and this is a team meeting it."
Leadership Perspective on Clinical Technology
"Prior authorization remains one of the largest friction points between payers, providers, and patients," said Anand Biradar, Chief Go-to-Market Strategy & Enterprise Transformation Officer at Sagility. "We built SmarTec Nurse Assist to augment clinical decision-making, giving nurses and reviewers domain-specific AI tools that handle routine documentation so they can focus on complex cases. Winning the Stratus Award validates our focus on practical, tech-enabled solutions that deliver measurable efficiency gains and faster access to care."
The Stratus Awards celebrate the organizations and individuals defining the next phase of cloud computing, where success is measured by what a system delivers rather than where it happens to run. Winners are selected based on how effectively they are advancing cloud innovation, delivering measurable value, and moving their industries forward.
About Sagility
Sagility is a tech-led, U.S. healthcare-focused business operations solutions and services company that supports payers, providers, and their partners in delivering best-in-class operations, enhancing member and provider experiences, and improving the quality of care, all while ensuring cost-effective financial and clinical outcomes. With over two decades of experience, Sagility's dedicated experts address complex healthcare challenges through deep domain expertise and technology innovations. The company serves six of the top ten payers in the U.S., utilizing its advanced technology, processes, and solutions to ensure efficient operations and minimize additional administrative costs. The company delivers these services through its skilled talent pool of nearly 50,000 professionals across five global service delivery centers located in the US, India, the Philippines, Jamaica, and Colombia.
About the Stratus Awards
The honor the companies, products, and individuals innovating in the cloud and delivering offerings that are truly differentiated in the market. Since 2014, the program has recognized organizations that add measurable value through cloud-based solutions, from infrastructure and platform services to security, edge computing, and the AI systems now running on top of them. Every nomination is reviewed against objective scoring benchmarks by a panel of experienced business professionals, identifying the work that is genuinely pushing the boundaries of the cloud.
About Business Intelligence Group
Business Intelligence Group (BIG) is an independent awards organization that has been recognizing outstanding achievement in business since 2012. Now in its 14th awards season, BIG operates 12 annual programs spanning innovation, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, customer service, cloud computing, sustainability, sales and marketing, workplace culture, and women's leadership. include the BIG Innovation Awards, AI Excellence Awards, Fortress Cyber Security Awards, Excellence in Customer Service Awards, Stratus Awards for Cloud Computing, Sustainability Awards, SAMMY Awards for Sales and Marketing, Best Places to Work Awards, Herizon Awards, We Love Tech Awards, NAA Top Employers Award, and BIG Awards for Business.
Unlike popularity contests, BIG programs use professional judging panels and objective scoring benchmarks to identify organizations, products, and individuals making real, measurable impact. Winners receive a complete promotional toolkit, including blockchain-verified credentials, press release support, social media assets, and featured placement across BIG's global community of more than one million business professionals.
For more information about BIG award programs, nomination deadlines, and judging criteria, visit .
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