Seamless Specialty Care: Lantern’s John Zutter on How AI Is Reshaping Member and Provider Experiences

Lantern uses AI to structure legacy data for fast deterministic claims processing while steering employer members to a broad, high-quality specialty network at ~50% lower cost.

• Network of excellence model: Lantern builds broad, geographically accessible narrow networks (vs. travel-heavy centers of excellence) around surgery, cancer, and infusions—~50% of health spend and the fastest-growing cost categories—at roughly 50% below traditional reimbursement rates.
• $1B+ in savings: Lantern serves 12 million members via self-funded employers, public sector, and health plans, and reports over $1,000,000,000 in cumulative healthcare savings to date.

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