For community behavioral health & safety-net providers

Catch billing and compliance risks before claims go out.

Penguin reviews every note before billing, flags what creates denials and audit risk, and turns findings into fixes, coaching, and QI.

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40%+
More errors caught
one community BH org
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15 to 20
Hours saved per week
one community BH org
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Chart review coverage
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Who we serve

Built for the safety net, in all its complexity

Different programs, payers, and settings mean different documentation rules. Penguin applies the right requirements to each.

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Every care setting

Outpatient, residential, detox, community and home-based. Each with its own documentation requirements.

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Every program and population

MH, SUD and MAT, IDD, ABA, peer and recovery support, housing. Penguin checks each note against the rules for that program.

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Every safety-net organization

Community mental health centers, CCBHCs, FQHCs, and safety-net nonprofits running on Medicaid margins.

The problem

Billing and compliance risk is hiding in charts no one has time to review

QA teams sample manually. Billing catches issues too late. Leaders see recurring problems after denials, audits, or corrective actions.

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Manual review cannot keep up

QA teams review samples while most charts go unchecked.

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Problems surface too late

Documentation gaps become denials, rework, and repeat findings across staff and programs before anyone sees the pattern.

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Teams are stretched

QA and billing teams are asked to protect revenue without enough support.

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How Penguin Health audits every encounter before claims are submitted

Connect to your data. Audit pre-billing. Route risky charts to the right reviewer.

No clinician workflow change. Built for QA, compliance, billing, and QI teams.

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Connect to existing workflows

Works with notes, billing fields, programs, payers, providers, authorizations, and key dates.

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Works with what you already have

Reads from EHR exports or data feeds. No clinician workflow change required.

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Audit before billing

Checks each encounter against payer, regulatory, program, and internal rules.

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Tuned to your rules

Payer policies, regulatory and program requirements, and your internal standards in one place.

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Focus human review

Surfaces what needs attention with context for QA, billing, compliance, or clinical leads.

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The right reviewer, every time

Routes to QA, compliance, billing, or clinical leadership with full context.

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Turn audits into action

Shows recurring risks, coaching needs, workflow gaps, and QI opportunities.

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From findings to coaching

Trends become coaching plans, template fixes, and operational improvements over time.

What each team gets

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Intake & scheduling

Coverage and eligibility confirmed up front, so visits start clean.

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Clinical supervisors

The handful of notes that need their attention, not a 200-note queue.

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QA & compliance

Every note checked against payer, program, and accreditation rules.

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Billing

Coding and claim issues caught upstream of denials.

Built to work with the EHRs the safety net runs on. Not on the list? We can work with your data too.

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End to end

One engine. Building blocks across the whole workflow.

Penguin runs from intake through claims. No two providers use the same set of blocks.

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Pre-bill note & chart audit Start here

Every note checked before claims go out.

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Eligibility checks (270 / 271)

Coverage confirmed before the visit.

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Authorization tracking

Expiring auths and unit limits flagged early.

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Coding & service checks

Codes the documentation actually supports.

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Coaching & performance management

Recurring findings become coaching plans.

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Workflow oversight

Every open flag, who it's with, and what's aging.

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Grant & funder reporting

Compliance evidence for funders, on demand.

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Accreditation support

CARF and Joint Commission standards built into checks.

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Quality improvement

Trends across programs become QI initiatives.

What we catch

Issues Penguin catches before billing

Configured to each program, payer, provider, and workflow.

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Missing documentation

Required elements absent from the note.

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Unsupported diagnoses

Codes the note does not support.

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Service mismatches

Issues with modality, provider, payer, or program rules.

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Missing or expired items

Plans, assessments, authorizations, or signatures.

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Duplicates and timing

Repeated services, time issues, or billing-field mismatches.

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Needs human review

Notes for QA, billing, compliance, or supervisor review.

Where the time goes

Protect revenue. Reduce admin. Move margin back to care.

Less time hunting for errors. More time fixing workflows, coaching teams, and improving care.

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Our process

From workflow mapping to live audits in weeks

One workflow. Real data. Clear success metrics.

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Map the workflow

Identify the reviews, rules, and handoffs creating the most risk or manual work.

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Configure the first audit

Connect data, translate rules into checks, and focus on one pre-billing workflow.

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Test, review, and expand

Validate flags. Tune the workflow. Track issues caught, hours saved, and revenue protected.

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Pricing

Paid pilots starting at $2K per month

Start with one high-impact workflow, real data, and clear success metrics.

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Paid Pilot

Starting at $2K / month

Pricing scales with provider size and scope.

Prove value on one pre-billing workflow before expanding.

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Custom Enterprise

Flexible scope-based pricing

Expand across programs, payers, workflows, reporting, and QI needs.

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Pricing can flex around programs, chart volume, workflows, integrations, revenue impact, and reporting needs.

Team

The team building Penguin Health

A small, senior team. We build alongside the community behavioral health and safety-net providers we serve.

Zach Dyce
Zach Dyce
CEO
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Brian Lindsey
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CTO
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