Abhinav Shashank on revenue cycle automation
From Innovaccer Acquires CaduceusHealth: Making Revenue Cycle Autonomous · · Innovaccer Inc.
“We can start running in this atmosphere tomorrow at a much higher competency rate. We're doing the really hard work, the last 20% that nobody really can get done. You can't get that done offshore. That is a really high technical person. And what Innovaccer brings is it's going to allow us to move and do that a lot quicker and a lot better and a lot faster.”
On , Abhinav Shashank, Cofounder at Innovaccer, spoke about revenue cycle automation during Innovaccer Acquires CaduceusHealth: Making Revenue Cycle Autonomous on Innovaccer Inc..
About Abhinav Shashank
On May 20, 2026, Innovaccer announced its acquisition of CaduceusHealth, a move that Abhinav Shashank, co-founder and CEO of Innovaccer, described as expanding the company's Flow platform to deliver end-to-end revenue cycle operations for ambulatory care. Shashank stated that the acquisition aims to combine Innovaccer's AI infrastructure with CaduceusHealth's three decades of operational revenue cycle management expertise, addressing what he called a need to build AI agents that can work at scale without requiring human review at every step. Shashank said that revenue cycle is "the lifeblood of any provider practice or health system" and that the goal is to create a frictionless experience for providers while ensuring they get paid for the care they deliver. He noted that Innovaccer is focused on delivering a cash result within a 0 to 60 day window, aiming for a 90 to 95% settlement ratio. Shashank also highlighted that simplifying processes such as authorization—reducing it from 45 minutes to 45 seconds—can help drive down costs that are forcing small practices out of business.