With narrowing profit margins and increasing salaries of highly specialized coding professionals, medical coding efficiency and accuracy is paramount. However, reliance on paper-based documentation and manual processing is prone to time consuming delays and errors. By digitizing documentation and standardizing the process, you can streamline your coding and improve accuracy; which, in turn, reduces days in A/R and increases cash flow.
Electronic Document Management Workflow software can:
Apply rules-based routing to the coding process
Create and sort Coder “work lists” by rules such as “oldest first”
Allow for work list sorting by charge information provided from billing data
Pre-determine which documents must be present prior to having them electronically routed to the coder work list
Powerful Electronic Document Management Software polls the system, automatically checking for the required document(s). Once all related documents are present, the documents for that patient episode will be consolidated and placed in a work list for coding review. Incomplete charts are held by the system in a “pending” queue, awaiting all required documents. Timers can be set to trigger events while waiting for missing documents.
The solution can be securely deployed via a thick client, thin client and Citrix®. Thin client as well as Citrix deployments allow users the flexibility to have coders work remotely, as well as from their homes, without the need for an outsourced ASP hosted implementation. This flexibility can be a key component as organizations are continually challenged with hiring and retaining coding staff.
Key Benefits for Coding
Streamlines coding process with rules-based Workflow
Coder work lists prioritized based on date of service, charge information, type of denial
Eliminates re-work done on deficient charts
Adds efficiency and employee retention with remote coding
Enables productivity tracking and accountability, ensuring turnaround requirements are always met
Contact a DataBank Expert
To learn more on how DataBank can help you manage your documents more efficiently, lower your operating costs, and improve your organization’s access to information in a highly secure environment, contact us today.