Medical coding is a job that carries with it a lot of responsibility. Being a physician, you know that the medical coding process involves several duties:
- Completing claim forms
- Signature verification
- Communication with healthcare providers
- Data entry
- Software based analysis of charts or medical data
- Use of correct medical terms to document all activities
- Conforming to the procedures and policies of each insurance carrier
- Bookkeeping
- Administrative work
- Supervision
- Scheduling appointments and more
Benefits of Outsourcing to the Right Medical Coding Company
As such, it is important that when outsourcing, the task can be entrusted only with experts with known efficiency. Some of the benefits of choosing the right medical coding outsourcing service provider:
- Presence of coders with AAPC (American Association of Professional Coders) certification
- ICD-9 coding performed using CMS and AMA guidelines as the basis
- Up-to-date knowledge of procedure changes for bundling and unbundling, payer specific requirements, appropriate coding initiatives and problems associated with federal or state government compliance
- Complete HIPAA compliance
- Medical coding audits
- In-patient or hospital coding
- Fewer denials
- Clean claims
An expert medical coding company provides services in complete compliance with prominent medical insurances such as Oxford, Medicaid, Medicare, Aetna, HIP, EMI, GHI, United, Humana and BCBS.
