SaaS Designed For Hospitals Coding Inpatient Claims

Every accurate hospital claim deserves to be paid the first time.

Protect revenue by catching inpatient claim errors before they hit the payer.

Orchid's CodeGuard is your frontline defense against costly inpatient claim coding errors. Our patient-pending system validates inpatient claims for accuracy, completeness, and compliance. Our solution addresses issues before they reach payers, preventing denials, thereby accelerating your payments.

The Result: Fewer denials, faster payments, and a healthier bottom line.

The Denial Problem by the Numbers

Key metrics showing the financial strain on U.S. hospitals.

39%

of All Hospital Billing Issues are Coding & Documentation Disputes¹

↑ 126%

Year-Over-Year Spike in Coding-Related Denials¹

$19.7 Billion

Spent Annually by Hospitals Just to Appeal Denied Claims²

Hospital Strain: Cash Bleeds While Claims Stall

Millions Leave Your Hospital, Without Ever Leaving the Payer’s Bank

15.7% MA vs. 3.9% Medicare

Payer mix drives denial risk. Medicare Advantage denies claims at 4x the rate of Traditional Medicare.²

$14k Average Denied Inpatient Claim

With 60% of denials never reworked, this represents a massive, preventable loss of earned revenue.³

10% Coder Error vs. 69% Doc Gaps

Only 1 in 10 downgrades are simple coder mistakes. Most are clinical validation disputes where documentation fails to support the code.

Most Denials Are Preventable Noise

Over half of private-payer denials and 75% of Medicare Advantage denials are reversed on appeal, proof that the costly rework cycle is unnecessary.

Introducing: CodeGuard

We help hospitals eliminate coding friction.

Swift Claim Validation

CodeGuard accelerates claim build time by performing near-real-time analysis of inpatient claims before they leave the door, providing your personnel with insights faster, allowing them to build accurate claims more quickly.

Transparent and Actionable

Hospital Billing Staff see transparent, explainable, and actionable plain-language guidance to create a compliant, clean claim. This is inside existing workflows (Epic, Cerner, etc.) or within our UI.

Clean Claim, the First Time

The optimized encounter is correctly coded to align with medical records, patient-specific payer requirements, and regulatory guidelines, thereby optimizing first-pass acceptance, facilitating faster payments, and improving A/R days.

Denials Slashed and Rework Mitigated

Fewer denials, faster cash, stronger margins. Hospitals receive payment faster through clean, citation-supported submissions because payers accept accurate, complete, and compliant claims.

Ready to Curb Denials? Request a Demo

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