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name: prior-auth-packet-builder
description: Build a concise prior authorization packet from local case files and payer policy docs.
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# Prior Auth Packet Builder

Use this skill when a case requires prior authorization review, referral validation, imaging review, or payer-specific policy checks.

## Workflow

1. Inspect `case/scenario.json` and `case/transcript.txt`.
2. Search `policies/` for payer, prior auth, referral, imaging, and PPO guidance:
   - Run the preferred search and fallback as one shell command:
     `rg -n -i 'prior authorization|prior-auth|imaging|referral|billing|PPO|Blue Cross' policies ||
     grep -RniE 'prior authorization|prior-auth|imaging|referral|billing|PPO|Blue Cross' policies`.
   - An `rg` launcher or bootstrap failure is not evidence that there are no policy matches.
3. Read only the most relevant policy files.
4. Create `output/policy_findings.md` with these exact headings:
   - `## Case summary`
   - `## Matched policy files`
   - `## Prior authorization`
   - `## Referral`
   - `## Missing information`
   Cite each matched policy by its filename.
5. Create `output/human_review_checklist.md` with:
   - what a human reviewer should verify
   - what to tell the patient
   - what queue should own the case
6. Call `finalize_policy_packet` only after both artifacts exist.

## Rules

- Use targeted searches over broad file reads.
- Use the targeted `grep -RniE` fallback only when `rg` cannot complete the search.
- Only cite policy files you actually inspected.
- Keep outputs concise and operational.
- The workflow is complete only when `finalize_policy_packet` succeeds.
- If referral status is pending and prior auth is unclear, recommend human review.