New York City, NY — Dec. 2, 2025.
Magical, the leader in agentic AI automation for healthcare operations, today announced that Julie Klapstein — founding CEO of Availity and one of the most respected executives in healthcare information technology — has joined the company as a strategic advisor.
Klapstein brings 35+ years of healthcare IT leadership, including serving as the founding CEO of Availity for over a decade, where she scaled the company into one of the nation’s largest healthcare information networks. She has served on seven public-company boards and more than a dozen private-company boards, including Oak Street Health, NextGen, Amedisys, Claritev, Omada Health, eSolutions, and more. In 2021, she received the Healthcare Innovators Award, a lifetime achievement honor recognizing her industry-shaping impact.
A Transformational Moment for Agentic AI in Healthcare
As a strategic advisor to Magical, Klapstein will help guide the company through its next phase of growth as it continues to deploy fully agentic AI employees across revenue cycle management, payer operations, and clinical administration — with a focus on reliability, transparency, and measurable ROI.
Quote from Julie Klapstein
“I’ve spent my entire career helping transform how healthcare organizations use technology to improve outcomes, reduce complexity, and operate more efficiently. What Magical has built with agentic AI employees is among the top most compelling operational innovations I’ve seen in years. Their focus on transparency, accuracy, and real-world performance is exactly what healthcare needs right now. I’m excited to help Magical scale this technology responsibly and bring real relief to providers, payers, and the teams doing the work every day.”
— Julie Klapstein, Founding CEO of Availity & Healthcare Technology Leader
Quote from Harpaul Sambhi, CEO of Magical
“Julie is one of the most accomplished and trusted leaders in healthcare IT — full stop. She has built and advised the companies that defined how data moves across our industry, and her experience scaling Availity is directly relevant to the world we’re building with agentic AI employees. Having her guidance is a massive validation of our approach and accelerates our mission to bring transparent, reliable automation to every corner of healthcare operations.”
— Harpaul Sambhi, Founder & CEO, Magical
About Magical
Magical builds agentic AI employees that fully automate the mission-critical operational work inside healthcare organizations — from prior authorization intake to claim status, payment posting, denial management, utilization management, and more. Unlike traditional automation or single-task AI tools, Magical’s agentic AI employees are transparent, testable, reliable, and built to work safely within existing workflows. Magical enables providers and payers to reduce administrative cost, improve accuracy, scale operations, and free teams to focus on higher-value work.