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Decoda Health Revolutionizes Healthcare with AI

Nabarun ChakrabortyDivya Thakkar
Nabarun Chakraborty & Divya Thakkar·Aug 5, 2026·2 min read
Decoda Health, an AI-driven healthcare administration startup

Decoda Health is building AI-driven medical assistants to help healthcare providers manage administrative work, including medical coding, billing, scheduling, and follow-ups.

The company was founded by Daniyal Afzal and Kevin Cheng, two mathematicians with a passion for creating impactful software.

Decoda Health’s founders and mission

Daniyal Afzal has experience in the fintech industry. Kevin Cheng developed machine learning software for a high-growth radiology-tech startup.

The founders’ motivation also came from personal experience. Daniyal’s father, a General Surgeon, was scammed out of many months’ wages due to financial opacity in healthcare.

This frustration with healthcare's lack of financial transparency led to the founding of Decoda Health and its focus on medical coding and billing.

AI-driven medical assistants for healthcare providers

Decoda Health’s mission is to help healthcare providers shift their focus from administrative tasks to patient care.

Its AI-driven medical assistants automate tasks such as scheduling, patient follow-ups, and billing. The company also aims to eliminate unnecessary visits, reduce documentation time, and improve the patient experience through AI.

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The company’s work sits at the intersection of AI and healthcare, with a focus on administrative processes.

Features of Decoda Health’s AI assistants

Decoda Health’s AI assistants support patient management. Their features include intelligent conversations, patient financial experiences, and secure data collection.

The company also focuses on key administrative tasks and the digitalization of data collection. These systems are intended to improve accuracy and completeness while reducing administrative burden and staff churn.

Decoda Health’s stated areas of focus include:

Decoda Health funding details

Decoda Health is backed by Y Combinator and raised $500,000 in a pre-seed funding round.

Decoda Health’s approach to healthcare administration

Decoda Health was founded to address challenges involving medical coding, billing, financial transparency, and administrative work in healthcare.

Its AI-driven assistants offer intelligent conversations, patient financial experiences, and data collection. The company’s stated objective is to give healthcare providers more time to focus on patient care.

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