For more than 20 years Coding Associates, has provided quality HIM coding and consulting services to healthcare providers and payers nationwide. Our consultants work to enhance operations in every type and size of the healthcare provider environment, including hospitals, physician groups, ancillary services, emergency departments and outpatient surgical facilities.
With the adoption of the MS-DRG methodology and implementation of the CMS Recovery Audit Program, comprehensive and accurate coding is critical for your organization. Coding is a vital part of evaluating patient care costs, monitoring patient severity and designing clinical pathways. You simply can’t afford to have anything less than the most timely and accurate coding available.
To ensure accuracy, revenue accountability and to endure those inevitable bottlenecks that come with holidays, vacations and other conflicts, more health care providers turn to Coding Associates for coding expertise.
Coding Associates maintain the staff thoroughly trained and credentialed coding professionals ready to assist your coding department through a temporary crunch, consult in problem areas, conduct coding audits or assume complete management of your coding operation. Today Coding Associates remains as an industry leader in coding compliance solutions.
Coding Associates consultants are prepared and available to serve in the following areas:
Hospital Based
- Inpatient
- Outpatient Surgery
- Emergency Room
- Outpatient Ancillary
- Facility Evaluation and Management (E&M)
- POA Assignment
- Discharge Disposition Assignment
- Labs
Physician Based
- Evaluation and Management (E&M)
- Inpatient
- Outpatient