Why Orchid exists
Denials and downgrades are often framed as price disputes. In practice, uncertainty and weak evidence are what make the conflict explode. Orchid makes risk legible before billing.
Who we are
Orchid is building CodeGuard to help hospital teams reduce avoidable denials and DRG downgrades by validating documentation and coding risk before billing submission. We start with small, read only assessments that prove signal before moving toward deeper change.
Principles
How we build and how we behave.
Audit defensible by construction
Transparency, reviewability and traceability beat black box mystery automation.
Evidence before inference
Findings must point to record support and basis.
Billing Experts Decide
CodeGuard assists. Your team owns decisions and escalation.
Data handling and privacy
Orchid is designed around minimum-necessary data access and auditability. We can support Limited Data Set workflows with the appropriate agreements. We can execute a Business Associate Agreement (BAA) before receiving PHI. We do not collect PHI through our public website. Security and compliance details are available upon request.