Aviacode Appoints Keith Hagen as Chief Executive Officer

Aviacode, an innovative leader of technology-enabled medical coding and compliance services, has hired Keith Hagen as its new chief executive officer. He joined the Salt Lake City-based company in October.

Hagen brings healthcare IT experience in leadership roles at several leading companies including CEO at QuadraMed, a publicly held provider of enterprise revenue cycle, clinical and HIM coding solutions and at Quantros, a leader in quality and safety reporting. He was also President of Misys Transaction Services. Most recently, Hagen was CEO of IHM Services, a company that provided SaaS-based quality reporting, analytics and management solutions. IHM Services was sold to Persivia in 2015.

“My primary focus for Aviacode is to provide outstanding service and satisfaction to our clients. My career has been about finding ways to improve operations in ways that provide enhanced value back to our clients, which will ultimately result in improved financial performance and reputation for the company,” Hagen said.

“Aviacode leverages the knowledge and passion of our people to serve our clients,” he added. “Our certified coding resources, and our compliance and audit experts are coupled with our proprietary technology to minimize gaps in coding and inform physicians about their documentation practices to increase revenue integrity and speed up the billing process to improve the client’s revenue and cash flow.”

Aviacode currently codes approximately a half million charts per month and can leverage the talents of more than 10,000 professional coders in its network.

About Aviacode

Aviacode is the industry leader in technology-enabled medical coding services and compliance services. Aviacode’s proprietary technology and workflow improve the accuracy and efficiency of medical coding. This process of translating clinical documentation into diagnosis and procedure codes is the core of the healthcare revenue cycle. These improvements impact hospitals and physician groups profoundly through improved efficiency, increased revenue, and strengthened cash flow. For more information, visit www.aviacode.com or call 855.438.2634.