Amy by CombineHealth vs. Altair

Developed by CombineHealth, Amy is a cutting-edge AI solution that automates medical coding processes and is specifically designed for mid-sized hospitals and multi-specialty physician practices, allowing them to optimize complex coding workflows with confidence. It supports a wide array of coding systems, including CPT, ICD-10, HCPCS, E/M, modifiers, and various requirements unique to different specialties. By meticulously analyzing clinical documentation in conjunction with coding guidelines, payer regulations, and specialty standards, Amy generates accurate and clear coding suggestions. The system is adept at identifying missed services, recognizing documentation gaps, highlighting instances of undercoding, and detailing coding exceptions, all while providing the necessary evidence to support each recommended code. A remarkable feature of Amy is its continuous feedback mechanism; while coding each chart, it evaluates the outcomes related to claims, such as denials and responses from payers, which helps refine its coding precision and reduce the likelihood of recurring errors. In real-world scenarios, Amy demonstrates an impressive coding accuracy rate that surpasses 98%, achieves automation levels of up to 85% in the coding workflow, and contributes to an impressive 75% reduction in coding-related denials. This unique blend of automation and accuracy positions Amy as an essential resource for healthcare providers seeking to enhance their coding efficiency and reliability, ultimately fostering improved patient care and operational success.

Altair is a done-for-you medical billing service for independent practices . Built AI-native and staffed by US-based expert billers, Altair becomes the billing operation you never have to manage: it takes the full revenue cycle off your desk and runs it for you, so no one at your practice has to work a claim. Payers now lean on automation to trim, delay, and reject reimbursement, while a practice without billers fights back by hand and loses ground. Altair answers that automation with its own. It verifies eligibility and secures prior authorization ahead of the visit, checks every claim against payer edits and current medical-necessity policies before submission, traces each denial to its root, and files the appeal. Because it studies how every payer you bill behaves, clean-claim rates and realized collections improve the longer it works your book. The patient balance is handled the same way, fully and on your behalf. Altair issues statements, follows up by text and email, arranges and administers payment plans, chases unpaid balances, and pursues aging patient receivables, so the share patients owe actually reaches your account instead of sitting on a ledger. You are never left guessing. A real-time view reports what has been billed, what is in motion, what has been paid, and what is at risk, flags underpayments, and projects incoming cash, with no month-end wait. Altair connects to the EHR, practice-management system, and clearinghouse you already use, with no rip and replace and nothing new for your front desk to run. Payers built their AI to pay you less. Altair gets you paid in full.