Solving a problem we’ve experienced first hand

With roots at an academic medical center, Decimal Code is familiar with the pains of medical coding.

Health systems are overburdened, and coders are struggling with tedious processes and backlog.

 

 

“We had previously missed arterial line placements and in-person ultrasound coding, with Decimal Code we are now able to recapture $2.3M annually.”

– Michigan Medicine Revenue Cycle Administrator

Meet our founders

Passionate about healthcare

Joey Panella, CEO

Joey is an operator with experience in hospital finance and research commercialization. Joey earned his BBA at Michigan and MBA at Chicago Booth.

John Vandervest, CTO

John has over 20 years of experience in healthcare IT and helps lead the MPOG research consortium. John earned his BS in Computer Science at Michigan and MS in Predictive Analytics at Northwestern.

Mike Burns, CMO

Mike is a researcher and clinician who holds the position of ACMIO for AI at Michigan Medicine. Mike earned his bachelor’s degree at Michigan, PhD at Wisconsin-Madison, and MD at Northwestern.

Our solutions

Our research

Development Timeline

June 2018

First models created at Michigan Medicine

January 2019

Initial grant awarded to fund two-year pilot

June 2022

Patent awarded for automated medical coding model development process

January 2023

Decimal Code launches and licenses IP from Michigan

Today

Model development and implementation at customer sites