Revenue cycle intelligence for ophthalmology

Recover the revenue your practice already earned.

Denied claims nobody worked. Payers paying less than your contract. Tests and procedures performed but under-documented. Callisto finds the money ophthalmology practices leave behind, prepares every case for your team, and tracks every dollar back into the bank.

Start with a file upload. No EHR integration, no IT project.

The problem

Ophthalmology loses money in
three places nobody is watching.

Your billing team is busy getting today's claims out the door. The revenue that slips away afterward rarely gets a second look.

01

Denials that never get worked

A denied visual field, an OCT outside the frequency window, an injection missing its NDC. Each one is small enough to write off, and together they add up fast. Most are never resubmitted.

02

Underpayments nobody checks

The claim was paid, so it looks closed. But was it paid at your contracted rate? Few practices compare every paid line against their contracts, and payers know it.

03

Documentation that doesn't hold up

Complex cataract billed as routine because the chart didn't support it. Testing without an interpretation. Same-day exams without the right modifier. Work performed, revenue lost.

65%
of denied claims are never resubmitted
86%
of denials are potentially avoidable
What we recover

Find it. Prepare it.
Get it paid.

Callisto doesn't just flag problems. It prepares each recoverable claim so your team can act in minutes, then tracks the result so you see exactly what came back.

Pilot program

Denial recovery

Every denial across exams, diagnostics, surgery, and injections, sorted by recoverable dollars and appeal deadline instead of by whoever opened the inbox first.

  • Denial codes translated into plain language and likely root cause
  • Appeal or corrected claim drafted, depending on what the denial actually needs
  • Deadline countdown so nothing ages into a write-off
Pilot program

Underpayment recovery

Every paid line checked against your contracted rates and the Medicare fee schedule. Short-pays surface automatically, grouped by payer, so you can recover them and bring evidence to contract talks.

  • Line-level variance against your contracts
  • Payer-level underpayment trends
  • Recovery requests prepared for your team
Rolling out 2027

Prevention

What Callisto learns from your denials feeds back into checks before claims go out, so the same mistake stops costing you every month.

  • Frequency, bundling, and diagnosis-linkage checks
  • Drug claim checks: NDC, units, wastage modifiers
  • Documentation gaps flagged before billing
Built for eye care

We speak ophthalmology billing.

Generic revenue cycle tools treat a denied OCT like a denied knee scope. Callisto's rules, appeal templates, and payer policy library are built around how eye care is actually billed.

Diagnostics

Visual fields, OCT, imaging

Frequency limits, diagnosis-to-test linkage, same-day bundling edits, and interpretation requirements.

Cataract

Routine vs. complex

Documentation that supports complex cataract, premium lens patient-pay components, and global-period follow-up.

Retina

Intravitreal injections

Prior authorization and step therapy, NDC and units, wastage modifiers. A denied injection is a drug you already paid for.

Glaucoma

Testing and surgery

Ongoing testing for glaucoma suspects and patients, plus laser and MIGS procedures and the payer coverage rules behind them.

Modifiers

Laterality and globals

RT/LT, -25 on same-day exams, -24 and -79 inside global periods, and -54/-55 co-management splits.

Coverage

Medical vs. vision plan

Claims sent to the wrong plan, routine refraction, and the coordination headaches that come with both.

Oculoplastics

Functional vs. cosmetic

Blepharoplasty and ptosis prior authorization, visual field and photo documentation.

Medicare-heavy

Policies that are public

Your patient mix skews Medicare and Medicare Advantage. Callisto cites published coverage policies, never invented criteria.

How it works

Up and running from a
file upload.

No integration project to start. Your billing team exports remittance files they already have, and Callisto does the rest.

01

Upload your files

Export your 835 remittance files and, for underpayment recovery, your contracted rates. Any EHR or practice management system works.

Your team · 15 minutes
02

Callisto finds the money

Every denial and paid line is analyzed, ranked by recoverable dollars and deadline, and matched to the relevant payer policy.

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03

Cases arrive prepared

Each case comes with root cause, a drafted appeal or corrected claim, cited policy, and a checklist of what to verify.

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04

Your team decides

Your staff reviews, edits, and approves every submission. Outcomes are tracked, so you see exactly what was recovered.

Your team · minutes per case

Every outcome teaches the system which arguments work with which payers, so your appeals get stronger and your denials get rarer over time.

Compliance first

Recover what you earned.
Nothing more.

We help your documentation support the care you delivered. We don't push coding up or invent arguments, because that is how practices end up repaying in an audit.

A human approves everything

AI prepares the work: sorting, research, drafting. Nothing goes to a payer without your staff's review and approval. That rule is enforced in the software, not just stated in policy.

Every citation is real

Appeals cite published payer and Medicare coverage policies. When no supporting policy exists, Callisto says so on the reviewer checklist instead of filling the gap.

HIPAA from day one

Business associate agreements signed before any patient data enters the system. Encryption in transit and at rest, multi-factor sign-in, and every access to patient data logged.

Works alongside your stack

Callisto sits on top of your EHR, practice management system, and billing partner. Nothing gets replaced, and your workflows stay intact.

Who we serve

Built for practices with a
billing team to support.

Callisto gives your existing billers leverage. It doesn't replace them.

Ophthalmology groups

Multi-surgeon practices

Groups with a centralized billing team and real denial volume across cataract, retina, glaucoma, and diagnostics.

Subspecialty

Retina, glaucoma, cornea, plastics

High-dollar, rule-heavy billing where one missed authorization or modifier repeats across hundreds of claims.

Optometry

Medical optometry groups

Optometry practices growing their medical billing (diagnostics, disease management, co-management) without a dedicated denials team.

Free revenue audit

See what your practice
is leaving behind.

Send us 90 days of remittance files. We'll show you the recoverable denials, underpayments, and correctable claims, in dollars, within a week.

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Please don't include patient information in your request. A business associate agreement is signed before any patient data is shared.

Data sources: Experian Health — State of Claims (2025) Bulwark Health