Abridge and Availity partner to bring AI into real-time prior auth

On January 12, 2026, Abridge and health data network Availity announced a partnership to embed Availity’s FHIR‑native APIs into Abridge’s ambient AI platform, enabling prior authorization checks to run in real time during patient visits. The companies say this could compress a process that now takes weeks or months into minutes at the point of care. ([fiercehealthcare.com](https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/ai-and-machine-learning/jpm26-abridge-teams-availity-scale-real-time-prior-authorization))