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Stratus DX and Cellarian Announce Medical Necessity Partnership
What did Stratus DX and Cellarian announce?
The published announcement describes a partnership to bring Cellarian’s medical necessity documentation services into Stratus DX laboratory workflows, effective June 1, 2026. The integration is intended to help labs and billing teams organize documentation, authorization, and appeals work. The announcement’s original quotations are retained below.
New Integration Improves Reimbursements, Reduces Claim Denials, and Streamlines Operations in the Stratus DX Cloud LIS Platform — Effective June 1, 2026
Farmers Branch, TX. – June 1, 2026 – Stratus DX, the leading provider of affordable, cloud-based Laboratory Information Systems (LIS), and Cellarian, the innovative SaaS platform that automates medical necessity documentation, prior authorizations, and denied claim appeals for labs, today announced a strategic partnership. Effective June 1, 2026, clinical diagnostic laboratories will have seamless access to a powerful, fully integrated medical necessity documentation solution inside the Stratus DX Cloud LIS — eliminating documentation gaps, slashing claim denials, accelerating reimbursements, and reducing audit exposure without leaving their existing ordering workflow.
Labs can now automatically capture clinical data through the Stratus DX platform, generate patient-specific, payer-aligned, provider-attested medical necessity documentation, handle prior authorizations at high first-pass success rates, and streamline appeals — all with intuitive, integrated reporting and dashboards designed specifically for laboratory revenue cycle teams and billing staff.
“Clinical labs are under immense pressure from rising denials, complex payer rules, and shrinking margins,” said Ryan Smith, Chief Operating Officer of Stratus DX. “By partnering with Cellarian, we’re giving our customers a true end-to-end solution: our zero-maintenance Cloud LIS plus Cellarian’s intelligent automation that prevents revenue loss before it happens. This partnership will dramatically improve cash flow, reduce administrative burden, and let labs focus on what matters most — delivering quality diagnostic results.”
Dr. Michael Sprintz, DO, DFASAM, Founder & CEO of Cellarian, added: “Stratus DX’s modern cloud platform is the perfect environment to bring our medical necessity engine directly into the lab’s daily workflow. Together we’re removing a primary cause of lost lab revenue — insufficient or missing medical necessity documentation — so labs get paid for the work they’ve done and keep it.”
Key Benefits of the Stratus DX + Cellarian Integrated Solution Include:
- Seamless LIS integration — orders flow automatically; no extra portals, no duplicate data entry, no change in provider ordering workflow
- Intelligent automation of patient-specific medical necessity documentation, prior authorizations, and denied claim appeals
- Fewer medical necessity-related clawbacks, with significantly higher first-pass prior authorization approval rates
- Faster reimbursement cycles and recovery of previously lost revenue
- Intuitive dashboards and reporting for lab managers and billing teams
- Reduced audit risk and defensible documentation
- Fully HIPAA-compliant, scalable SaaS solution that requires zero additional hardware
This collaboration reflects both companies’ commitment to helping diagnostic laboratories thrive in an increasingly challenging reimbursement environment through smarter technology and effortless integration.
About Stratus DX: Stratus DX delivers a fully cloud-based Laboratory Information System (LIS) that eliminates hardware, on-site IT maintenance, and high ownership costs. Designed for clinical diagnostic labs, Physician Office Labs (POLs), and reference labs, the platform offers complete workflow automation, 300+ instrument interfaces, robust EHR/billing integrations, secure web portals, and powerful analytics. Serving hundreds of laboratories and millions of orders, Stratus DX provides affordable, scalable, anywhere-access solutions with exceptional U.S.-based support. Visit https://stratusdx.com.
About Cellarian: Cellarian is a healthcare SaaS platform that generates patient-specific, payer-aligned, provider-attested medical necessity documentation and prior authorizations for clinical laboratories. Active service lines cover toxicology, molecular, and pharmacogenomic testing. Every document is created by Cellarian's proprietary clinical engine, built by physicians, compliance specialists, and revenue cycle experts, not by generative AI. Cellarian works inside the lab's existing LIS workflow and alongside its billing teams and RCM partners, protecting revenue before claims are filed by closing the documentation gaps that drive denials, and after claims are challenged by providing defensible clinical rationale for audits, prior authorization disputes, and recoupment actions. Cellarian has generated more than 200,000 medical necessity documents for laboratories across 39 states. Learn more at https://www.cellarian.com.
Media Contact: Ramesh Bhatta, Stratus DX | Email: rbhatta@Stratus DX.com | Phone: 888-585-5695 Farmers Branch, TX
Cecilie Korst, Cellarian | Email: ckorst@cellarian.com | Phone: 310-743-4053 | Houston, TX