Hospital Claims Audit & Analysis
Find the revenue you're losing before the next billing cycle.
Most hospitals do not lose revenue because of insurer behaviour alone — they lose it inside their own workflow. Documentation gaps, missed charges, weak coding, partial deductions left unchallenged and recurring denial patterns silently drain crores every year. Our Claims Audit & Analysis service is a forensic, line-item review of your discharged claims, deductions, denials and AR — surfacing exactly where revenue leaks, why it leaks and how to stop it.
Where Hospitals Lose Revenue
Hospital finance leaders rarely have a clean answer to 'how much money did we leave on the table last quarter?'. The reasons are usually invisible inside daily operations:
Silent deductions
Insurers and TPAs deduct small amounts on hundreds of claims that no one has time to challenge individually.
Missed charges
Consumables, implants, pharmacy items and procedure steps never make it onto the final bill.
Documentation gaps
Discharge summaries, operative notes or investigation reports are incomplete or weakly worded for the diagnosis billed.
Weak coding
ICD and procedure codes are conservative, generic or mismatched with the documentation, suppressing claim value.
Repeat denial patterns
The same reason codes recur month after month because no one is tracking and feeding fixes back upstream.
Underbilled packages
Surgical and procedural packages billed at lower tier than the documented work justifies.
Unreconciled receipts
Partial settlements where the deduction reason is not validated against the policy or scheme rule.
Patient-mix blind spots
Government scheme, corporate, PSU and retail policy mixes each leak revenue in different ways that aggregate reporting hides.
Each of these is small individually. Together they routinely add up to 4–12% of net realisable revenue — money your hospital has already earned but never collected.
A Forensic, Evidence-Based Audit Of Your Claims
Our Claims Audit & Analysis service is not a sample survey or a dashboard refresh. It is a structured deep-dive into a defined audit window — typically 3 to 12 months — covering every paid, partially-paid, denied, queried and pending claim against the source documentation in your HIS, EMR and physical records.
A dedicated audit pod made up of certified medical coders, billing specialists, TPA process veterans and a clinical reviewer examines each claim against four axes: was the billing complete, was the coding accurate, was the documentation defensible, and was the deduction or denial justified by the policy or scheme rule.
Every finding is logged with a reason code, financial impact and recommended action. At the end of the engagement you receive a quantified leakage report, a denial-pattern map by insurer and TPA, a coding-quality scorecard, a documentation-gap list mapped to discharging consultants and a prioritised remediation roadmap your billing, coding and EMR teams can act on next month.
The output is designed for hospital CFOs, finance heads and medical directors — board-ready, with line-level proof and a clear cash-recovery plan for the disputed claims that are still inside the appeal window.
Service Workflow
From audit scope-out to action plan in 4–8 weeks, depending on claim volume.
- 1Scope & Sampling
- 2Data Extraction
- 3Documentation Review
- 4Coding Validation
- 5Deduction Analysis
- 6Pattern Mapping
- 7Recovery Plan
- 8Process Handover
Key Features
Everything included as a single, managed engagement.
Forensic Claim Review
Line-item examination of every claim in scope against the source clinical record.
Coding Accuracy Audit
ICD-10, CPT and procedure coding reviewed against documentation by certified coders.
Documentation Gap Analysis
Operative notes, discharge summaries and investigation reports mapped to billing strength.
Denial Pattern Detection
Repeating reason codes by insurer, TPA, scheme and specialty surfaced for upstream fixes.
Deduction Trend Analysis
Every partial deduction categorised, valued and benchmarked against policy or scheme rule.
Underbilling Identification
Packages, consumables and surgical add-ons that should have been billed but were missed.
Root Cause Analysis
Five-why analysis for the top revenue-loss categories with named workflow owners.
Compliance Review
Cross-check against MCI/NMC, IRDAI, TPA contract and scheme guideline compliance.
Board-Ready Reporting
Executive summary, ledger-level proof and prioritised remediation roadmap.
Benchmark Comparisons
Where it makes sense, peer benchmarks for denial rate, leakage % and collection cycle.
Benefits
Measurable improvement across the metrics that move hospital finance.
Increase Collections
Recover what's owed faster and reduce the share of write-offs.
Reduce Denials
Catch documentation, coding and authorisation gaps before submission.
Reduce Claim Turnaround Time
Shorter cycle from discharge to insurer settlement.
Improve Cash Flow
Predictable, faster realisation of money already earned.
Recover Lost Revenue
Identify and reclaim missed billing, partial deductions and leakage.
Transparent Reporting
Real-time dashboards visible to finance leadership and management.
Dedicated RCM Team
A named team that knows your hospital, TPAs and patient mix.
Scalable Operations
Capacity flexes with claim volume — no in-house hiring overhead.
Industries Served
Healthcare organisations across India trust our RCM expertise.
- Corporate Hospitals
- Multi-Speciality Hospitals
- Single Specialty Hospitals
- Day Care Centres
- Cancer Hospitals
- Eye Hospitals
- Orthopaedic Hospitals
- IVF Centres
- Mother & Child Hospitals
- Dialysis Centres
- Diagnostic Centres
- Healthcare Chains
Performance Metrics
Numbers to be confirmed against the engagement and your hospital's baseline.
Why Choose Us
An enterprise-grade RCM partner, built around hospital realities.
Healthcare Domain Expertise
A team that has spent years inside hospital billing, TPA desks and insurance claim cycles — not a generic BPO retrained on healthcare.
Dedicated RCM Team
A named account manager, a coding reviewer and an AR follow-up pod that knows your hospital, your TPA mix and your insurer relationships.
Technology Driven
Workflows orchestrated on a secure RCM platform with audit trails, SLA timers, denial-pattern analytics and automated insurer follow-ups.
Data Security & Privacy
ISO-aligned controls, role-based access, encrypted transmission, secured storage and patient-data handling that maps to DPDP, HIPAA and HL7 best practices.
Transparent Reporting
Live dashboards covering claim status, AR ageing, denial trends, deductions and collection performance — visible to your finance leadership in real time.
Scalable Operations
Capacity scales with your monthly claim volume, peak surgical days and seasonal load — no recruitment burden on your finance team.
Compliance Focus
Coding aligned to ICD-10, CPT and HCPCS where applicable, plus discipline around CGHS, ECHS, ESIC, DGEHS, PSU and PMJAY scheme rules.
Continuous Process Improvement
Monthly root-cause reviews on denials, query patterns and leakage — feeding fixes back into your billing, documentation and EMR workflows.
Frequently Asked Questions
The questions hospital finance and operations leaders ask before they engage.
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A written promise: 50% increase in footfall & revenue — or we work free.
We sign a performance contract before we start. If your practice doesn't see a measurable 50% lift in patient footfall and revenue within 6 months, our team keeps working at zero fee until you do. That's the kind of accountability healthcare deserves.
50% Footfall & Revenue Lift
Written guarantee — measurable patient footfall and practice revenue uplift within 6 months, or we work free until you get there.
Performance Contract
Outcomes locked on paper — KPIs, timelines and review cadence signed before kickoff. No vague retainers, no hidden scope.
Healthcare-Only Specialists
20+ years building patient acquisition for hospitals, clinics & specialist doctors. Every campaign is compliance-safe by design.
Your Data, Your IP
Full ownership of website, ads accounts, CRM, creatives and patient data — always. Zero lock-in, full transparency.
What hospitals & doctors say about us
Real outcomes from hospitals, clinics and specialist doctors across India.
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- Speciality-specific patient demand analysis
- Conversion gap audit across web, ads, CRM & WhatsApp
- Compliance-safe creative & campaign blueprint
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