CareBeam vs CarePilot (2026)
These two are built on the same thesis. Both started as ambient scribes for independent practices, both now sell what happens after the note, and both are listed on the athenahealth Marketplace. CareBeam leads with auditing: it reviews charts for coding accuracy, recommends E/M levels and codes with a rationale for each, and names ten EHR integrations, with structured writeback described for athenaOne, Veradigm, ModMed and eClinicalWorks. It stages medication orders on athenaOne and Veradigm, with broader order drafting in development. CarePilot goes deeper on one system. It reads the athenaOne chart, writes notes, codes and problem list changes back into its fields, and pends labs, imaging, referrals and prescriptions for signature, with DrChrono as its only other EHR. It documents its security in more detail, with a SOC 2 Type II report, named model providers and a 24 hour limit on keeping audio, while CareBeam publishes its business associate agreement and CarePilot does not. A practice on eClinicalWorks, Healthie or ModMed can only consider CareBeam. On athenaOne the choice turns on whether auditing existing charts or staging the full range of orders during the visit matters more.
- Audits existing charts for coding accuracy and recommends E/M levels and codes with a rationale for each.
- Names ten EHR integrations and four marketplace listings: athenahealth, eClinicalWorks, Healthie and ModMed.
- Publishes its business associate agreement, accepted at signup.
- Answers clinical questions from a sidebar inside the EHR.
- Pends labs, imaging, referrals and prescriptions in the athenaOne order queue, where CareBeam stages medication orders and is still developing the rest.
- Holds a SOC 2 Type II report, names OpenAI and Anthropic as model providers, and deletes visit audio within 24 hours.
- Reads the athenaOne chart and writes back notes, codes, problem list changes and orders at field level.
- Prices per provider with no implementation fees and a free trial, where CareBeam starts with a demo.
This comparison is published by AI Health Index, an independent research platform that compares healthcare AI vendors objectively. CareBeam and CarePilot are each graded against the same capability taxonomy, from each vendor's own public materials and the regulatory record, under the AI Health Index verification standard. No vendor pays for placement, and no vendor has reviewed this page. How this evidence is graded
Plain facts
| Fact | CareBeam | CarePilot |
|---|---|---|
| Primary category | Ambient Scribes | Ambient Scribes |
| Founded | 2024 | 2023 |
| Headquarters | New York, New York, United States | Kansas City, Missouri, United States |
| Website | trycarebeam.com | carepilot.com |
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CareBeam, formerly ScribeAI, sells ambient documentation together with chart auditing to independent practices, multispecialty groups and value based care organizations. The audit recommends E/M levels, modifiers and ICD-10 and CPT codes with a clinical rationale for each, and a clinical assistant answers questions about a patient, a drug or a code from a sidebar in the EHR. It names ten EHR integrations and four marketplace listings, and on athenaOne and Veradigm it writes notes into structured fields and stages medication orders. Its Business Associate Agreement is published and accepted at signup, and it says patient data is never used to train its models. No price is published, and its revenue and accuracy figures carry no method.
Source: AI Health Index, October 2026
CarePilot sells AI documentation, coding and order drafting to independent and community practices on athenaOne, with DrChrono as a second EHR. During the visit it writes the note into athenaOne's SOAP fields, suggests ICD-10 and CPT codes, and pends labs, imaging, referrals and prescriptions in the order queue for the clinician to sign; Amelia answers questions against the loaded chart, and a separate inbox product triages results, refills and messages. CarePilot names OpenAI, used through Azure, and Anthropic as model providers, deletes visit audio within 24 hours, and holds a SOC 2 Type II report from Prescient Assurance. Pricing is quoted per provider per month after a two week free trial, with no implementation fees. Its outcome figures, including 78 minutes a day and 98 percent ICD-10 accuracy, are its own and carry no method.
Source: AI Health Index, October 2026
Questions buyers ask
How do CareBeam and CarePilot differ?
Both started as ambient scribes for independent practices and both sell coding work after the note. CareBeam leads with chart auditing that recommends E/M levels and codes with a rationale for each, and works across ten EHRs including athenahealth, eClinicalWorks, Healthie and ModMed. CarePilot goes deeper on athenaOne, writing notes, codes and problem list changes into its fields and pending labs, imaging, referrals and prescriptions for signature, with DrChrono as its only other EHR. Graded by AI Health Index against the same capability axes from each vendor's own published materials and the regulatory record, verified October 9, 2026. No vendor pays for placement.
Which EHRs do CareBeam and CarePilot work with?
CareBeam names ten systems, Healthie, ModMed, athenahealth, Elation, eClinicalWorks, Veradigm, NextGen, Practice Fusion, TouchWorks and Office Ally, with structured writeback described for athenaOne, Veradigm, ModMed and eClinicalWorks. CarePilot supports athenaOne at field level in both directions, through its athenahealth Marketplace listing, and DrChrono through that system's marketplace. Graded by AI Health Index against the same capability axes from each vendor's own published materials and the regulatory record, verified October 9, 2026. No vendor pays for placement.
How do CareBeam and CarePilot handle patient data?
CareBeam publishes its Business Associate Agreement, says audio is processed in memory and never stored and that patient data is never used to train its models, and claims SOC 2 compliance without naming a report type; its terms also describe data stored on servers it controls.
CarePilot signs a business associate agreement with every customer without publishing it, deletes visit audio within 24 hours, names OpenAI and Anthropic as model providers bound not to retain or train on data, and holds a SOC 2 Type II report. Graded by AI Health Index against the same capability axes from each vendor's own published materials and the regulatory record, verified October 9, 2026. No vendor pays for placement.
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Other published head to head assessments involving these vendors or their closest peers. The full set for this category is on the Ambient Scribes page.
Neither company publishes a price. CarePilot quotes per provider after a free trial, and CareBeam sells through demos.
CareBeam's auditing and clinical assistant read across existing charts, so it holds records for patients whose visits it never documented, and it names no model provider or SOC 2 report type. CarePilot's coding accuracy figure and CareBeam's revenue and accuracy figures are the vendors' own.