10 Reasons Why You Should Outsource Your Medical Coding- Reason 5 of 10: ICD-10 Experienced Coders
As ICD-10 implementation draws near, the shortage of qualified medical coders will only become more acute. Outsourcing your medical coding is a solution that fits the needs of large hospital groups, standalone hospitals, large and small physician groups, and other healthcare organizations. It can result in zero coding backlogs, guaranteed quality, reduced cost, and no worries about coding resources or shortage-driven cost increases.
Over the next several weeks, we’ll offer you the top 10 reasons why outsourcing makes sense for your organization.
Reason #5 of 10: ICD-10 Experienced Coders
With changes in U.S. healthcare resulting in increasing costs – costs of medical insurance, changing coverage restrictions and allowances – as well as the revised ICD-10 codes, healthcare providers are rightfully concerned about the quality and accuracy of medical coding.
Ovation RCS has taken a proactive approach to assuring our medical coders are proficient in ICD-10 coding guidelines. Our approach to preparedness includes developing a training infrastructure that teaches ICD-10 coding guidelines to current and future coders, as well as on-going training, practice, monitoring, and feedback to assure our high-quality expectations are met. Our coders have extensive medical record coding, HIPAA, and LMRP compliance training or review that assures retained accuracy standards. In addition, our medical coding quality assurance team monitors ongoing coder accuracy.
Our coding operations team codes more than 230,000 records per month, (following ICD-10 guidelines), in support of a client’s dual-coding initiatives. The specific coder preparedness initiative is developed in collaboration with the client. It allows sufficient practice and leads to proficiency in medical coding according to the new guidelines. Individual coder quality is monitored closely, and improvement initiatives are developed to assure coder proficiency within ICD-10 requirements.
At the core of the Ovation RCS Coding service is the dedication to quality and the understanding of how these codes relate to reimbursement and claims payment.
To learn more about Ovation Revenue Cycle Services’ Comprehensive Coding Services, please visit www.ovationrcs.com.
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