ScribeEMR and Sandiola team up on AI-driven CDI and revenue cycle services

ScribeEMR and Sandiola have formed a partnership aimed at helping hospitals, health systems and community providers improve clinical documentation, reimbursement and quality scores. The deal combines ScribeEMR’s AI charting and virtual scribing tools with Sandiola’s CDI and DRG optimization platform.

Why it matters: - The partnership targets a major pressure point for hospitals: turning clinical documentation into accurate coding, stronger reimbursement and fewer denials. - Community hospitals and health systems are the main focus, a segment that often has limited administrative capacity and high revenue-cycle sensitivity. - The combined offering is designed to support both documentation quality and downstream payment performance.

What happened: - ScribeEMR and Sandiola announced a strategic partnership on Aug. 10, 2026. - The companies will offer AI with human-in-the-loop solutions for clinical documentation integrity, revenue cycle management, coding and virtual office services. - The offering is aimed at hospitals, health systems and community health providers.

The details: - ScribeEMR provides AI-powered medical charting, real-time remote physician scribing, revenue cycle management, medical coding and virtual medical office services. - ScribeEMR’s ScribeRyte AI platform supports standalone and human-in-the-loop workflows and is built for HIPAA-compliant clinical documentation across leading EMRs. - ScribeEMR was ranked Best in KLAS for Virtual Scribing Services for the third consecutive year in the 2026 Best in KLAS: Software & Services Report. - Sandiola focuses on AI-powered clinical documentation integrity and diagnosis-related group optimization for community hospitals and health systems. - Sandiola’s Sandpiper engine reviews 100% of inpatient encounters, is trained on years of CDI cases and uses Anthropic models plus a proprietary machine-learning algorithm. - Sandpiper reviews every chart in under a second and is designed to deliver 100% case coverage 24/7/365. - Sandiola pairs the software with dual-certified CDI and coding clinicians. - Sandiola says its model is offered on contingency with a money-back guarantee. - ScribeEMR’s platform supports workflows across eClinicalWorks, Epic, Athenahealth, NextGen, Greenway and other EMRs. - ScribeEMR was rated highly in a KLAS First Look report for its ScribeRyte AI platform. - ScribeEMR has received Best in KLAS recognition for Virtual Scribing Services in 2024, 2025 and 2026.

Between the lines: - The partnership joins two companies positioned on different sides of the same workflow: ScribeEMR focuses on getting the note right at the point of care, while Sandiola focuses on CDI and coding after the encounter. - That combination could appeal to hospitals that want one vendor stack for documentation, coding and revenue capture. - The announcement also signals that AI tools are moving deeper into revenue-cycle operations, not just clinical note-taking.

What’s next: - Hospitals and health systems can now evaluate the combined services as a packaged option for documentation, coding and reimbursement improvement. - The companies are likely to position the partnership around financial performance, quality metrics and reduced denials. - ScribeEMR says more information is available at www.scribeemr.com.