Dr. Smith provides clinical oversight for “Amplifi,” Accuity’s AI engine trained on physician-reviewed, payer-adjudicated inpatient charts, directing its clinical logic and shaping it to reflect how clinical-coding determinations are made in practice. She leads medical operations across a team of more than 350 physicians and coders, ensuring compliance and consistency in clinical-coding interpretations across diverse health system environments. At Dallas-based Baylor Scott & White Health, deployment expanded from an initial pilot to 26 hospitals, and within six months the system captured more than $20 million in incremental revenue with an annualized projection of approximately $45 million. In cases where opportunity was identified, the case mix index increased by an average of 3.5%. At an enterprise level, Accuity’s work contributed more than $800 million in cash benefit delivered to health system clients in 2025. Dr. Smith’s career spans hospital medicine, payer organizations and revenue cycle operations, and she previously served as medical director of community and state at UnitedHealthcare and medical senior director at Cigna. Accuity won a “Platinum Pinnacle Award” from Pinnacle Awards for clinical decision AI in 2026 and a gold recognition for “Best Use of AI in Healthcare” at the 2025 Merit Awards.
