HIH

What HIH does

HIH, Inc. is a privately held medical billing and IT consulting company founded in 1997 and headquartered in Columbia, Illinois, with a secondary delivery office in Visakhapatnam, India. The firm operates as a horizontal service provider across two primary lines: (1) end-to-end medical billing services for practices in multiple specialties (psychiatry, OB/GYN, pediatrics, surgery, optometry, chiropractic, family medicine, etc.), including claims submission, credentialing, A/R management, coding, ICD-10 preparation, electronic clearinghouse support, and revenue cycle management; and (2) a broader technology and back-office portfolio spanning IT consulting (staff augmentation, project staffing, dedicated development centers), back office operations for staffing agencies (payroll, workers' comp, employer of record, attendance tracking), web and mobile application development (WordPress, Drupal, Moodle, hybrid and native iOS/Android), multimedia/e-learning development (Articulate 360, Lectora, xAPI), and ancillary integrations such as SSO, payment gateways (Stripe, PayPal, Authorize.net), and cloud deployment on AWS and Azure.

The company's underlying technology is built on widely adopted open-source stacks — PHP, MySQL, PostgreSQL, React, Angular, Ionic, Java, Swift, Objective-C, C/C++, Git, and Jira — augmented by a customizable medical billing reporting platform and a mobile attendance tracking application. These are positioned as differentiating on configurability and ease of integration rather than on proprietary technology depth. No AI/ML capabilities, patents, proprietary data assets, or third-party validation are disclosed.

HIH's revenue mechanics are not publicly disclosed. Pricing is quote-based, tailored to individual practice or client needs, and no standard rate card is published. Customer acquisition appears to rely on direct relationships and referrals rather than documented digital marketing channels. The firm is founder/owner-operated, with no venture capital or private equity funding identified, no disclosed management team beyond a single contact (Prabhakara), and no documented partnerships, awards, or industry recognition. Firmographic headcount of 1-10 employees combined with a website copyright dated 2016 suggests a small, stable, lifestyle-scale operation rather than a venture-backed growth company.

Name

HIH

Legal name

HIH, Inc.

Website

https://hihinc.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

1997

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

HIH, Inc. is a privately held medical billing and IT consulting firm founded in 1997, serving U.S. medical practices across multiple specialties with claims submission, coding, credentialing, and revenue cycle management, alongside IT staffing, back-office support, and custom web/mobile development delivered from Columbia, IL and Visakhapatnam, India.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Medical Billing Services

NAICS

Office Administrative Services (5611), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (51821)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370), Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Payer-Provider Data Exchange (X12, prior auth, claims/clinical attachment) (HLACABAK)

akta.pro secondary industry

HR Service Delivery, Case Management & Employee Self-Service (BPACAPAL)

Keywords

• Medical billing services
• Healthcare IT consulting
• Revenue cycle management
• IT staff augmentation
• Back office operations

Headquarters

HQ city

Columbia

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Distribution channels1 record

Core offering

HIH provides medical billing services to healthcare practices along with IT consulting, staff augmentation, back-office operations for staffing agencies, and web/mobile/multimedia application development. The firm operates a dual-shore delivery model combining U.S. and India-based teams to serve clients across healthcare and enterprise IT engagements.

Product overview

HIH is a full-service medical billing and IT consulting company founded in 1997, offering a unified portfolio of medical billing services and technology solutions. The core offerings include Medical Billing Services (claims submission, credentialing, A/R management, coding, and revenue cycle management across multiple specialties), IT Consulting Services (staff augmentation and dedicated development center models), and Back Office Operations (payroll and staffing agency support). The technology services span Web Applications Development (CMS/LMS using WordPress, Drupal, Moodle), Mobile Applications Development (hybrid and native iOS/Android), Multimedia Development for e-learning (Articulate 360, Lectora), and Additional Expertise including SSO solutions, payment gateway integrations, and responsive design. These offerings work together to provide healthcare practices and businesses with comprehensive billing management and custom technology development.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Medical Billing Services End-to-end medical billing and revenue cycle support for healthcare practices, handling claims, coding, and collections workflows.
• IT Consulting Services IT consulting including staff augmentation and project staffing for organizations needing skilled technology resources.
• Back Office Operations Outsourced back-office support services tailored for staffing agencies, including administrative and operational task handling.
• Web Applications Development Custom web application development services for organizations requiring online platforms and business tools.
• Mobile Applications Development Custom mobile application development services for organizations needing iOS/Android business apps.
• Multimedia Development Multimedia and e-learning content development services for training and educational initiatives.

Quantifiable outcome

• Customizable reports based on individual practice wants with state-of-the-art software

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

Feature6 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• ADP: ADP dominates outsourced payroll, workers' comp, and employer-of-record services that overlap with HIH's staffing-agency back-office offering, although at vastly larger scale.
• Cognizant: Cognizant is a global IT services and staff augmentation provider that competes with HIH's IT consulting / staff augmentation line of business across all industries.
• NextGen Healthcare: NextGen Healthcare offers ambulatory EHR, practice management, and RCM for specialty and small practices — a broader incumbent competing in HIH's market segment.
• athenahealth: athenahealth provides EHR, RCM, and patient engagement across a broad ambulatory and network customer base. Its outsourced billing services compete with HIH at larger practice segments.

Direct peers

• PracticeSuite: PracticeSuite offers practice management, EHR, and medical billing/RCM targeted at small and independent practices — a direct functional and customer-segment competitor to HIH.
• Tebra: Tebra (formed from the merger of Kareo and PatientPop) provides cloud-based medical billing, RCM, and practice management software targeted at independent small and mid-sized practices — directly competing with HIH's core medical billing service.
• AdvancedMD: AdvancedMD offers medical billing, scheduling, EHR, and RCM for small-to-mid-sized practices across multiple specialties — overlapping almost entirely with HIH's primary billing service and target customer base.
• ChartLogic: ChartLogic provides EHR, practice management, and RCM services to ambulatory specialty practices — closely aligned with HIH's specialty-billing focus and customer profile.
• Office Ally: Office Ally offers a medical billing clearinghouse, practice management, and RCM services used by independent practices — directly comparable to HIH's claims submission and clearinghouse capabilities.
• DrChrono: DrChrono (now part of EverHealth) delivers cloud-based EHR, practice management, and medical billing for small specialty practices — competing with HIH's multi-specialty billing offering.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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