As the manager of a busy medical facility, you oversee making sure that patients’ records are kept organized and accurate. These records are critical for the quality and safety of the care that they get at your clinic. They also determine how quickly and easily that your billing department can send invoices to insurers and patients for payment.
Even so, your clinic may not have it in its budget to hire staff solely for the purpose of coding records. By outsourcing medical coding to qualified contractors, you can save money and get the logical and accurate codes for your patient records.
Accuracy
With outsourcing medical coding to contractors, you can get the accurate codes for patient records. The codes need to be correct so that doctors know what treatments patients have received in the past. They use these codes to determine past diagnoses and to determine the future care plans for people.
The codes also tell the billing staff how and when to bill patients or insurers for services rendered. If the codes are inaccurate, an insurer has no obligation to pay the clinic for its services. Likewise, the patient does not have to pay for services he or she never received.
Contractors who specialize in medical coding make it a priority to be accurate. They get paid for the quality of the job that they do for you.
Speed
Contractors also get paid for each record that they code. For them, time truly is money, which is why they make it a priority to be fast with the work that you entrust to them.
You do not have to wait for days for records to be coded. You can typically get the work done in a matter of hours.
You can find out more about medical coding outsourcing online. Contact GeBBS Healthcare Solutions in Los Angeles, CA.
GeBBS Healthcare Solutions has been at the forefront of innovation in the offshore RCM, with technologies such as Intelligent Accounts Receivable (iAR) – an automated workflow solution designed to work with existing billing processes, offering advanced reporting, analytics, and sophisticated workflow processes.
