It's true of any business: your most expensive resources are human resources. More and more healthcare providers are seeing that outsourcing their medical coding is the way to keep their human resource costs down without sacrificing reimbursement.
A national shortage of certified coders has increased the cost and the time it takes to find skilled and high-quality coders, especially as ICD-10 looms.
For physicians, the coder shortage is acutely felt. Sometimes, physicians find themselves forced to do their own coding using "superbills" or even doing diagnostic coding. Physician groups may also try to train an already overloaded registration or billing clerk to code. When inexperienced or overworked staff are carrying out the coding duties, mistakes are made and quality suffers.
Save money on coding. Focus more on caring.
Aviacode's technology-enabled workflow can help you reclaim resources.
Coding can be a costly proposition for providers. At Aviacode, we have streamlined the medical coding process to the point where it is often much more economical for providers large and small to outsource their coding operations to Aviacode.Aviacode's streamlined business model can help you reduce or even eliminate your human capital overhead.
Some of the cost of employing your own coders are obvious—wages, overtime, benefits, etc. But other costs aren't so obvious—desks, office space, computers, software, coding books, training, IT support staff, etc. These expenses often add up to the point where the costs of in-house coders are difficult to justify. Aviacode can demonstrate how you can reduce costs by eliminating many of your current tasks.
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Eliminate Overhead. Save Money.
While there are many tasks involved in the coding process, few are necessary. Aviacode can demonstrate how many of these tasks can be eliminated and costs can be reduced (get your own ROI analysis).Reclaim Resources
A national shortage of certified coders has created vacancies and even forced physicians to preform their own coding. Often physicians are required to select services from superbills and a few others are responsible for diagnostic coding as well. This inefficient use of time can be reclaimed and better spent treating patients. Other physician groups might use an already overloaded registration or billing clerk to perform coding. When inexperienced staff are carrying out the coding duties, mistakes are made and quality suffers.Eliminate Overhead
Many of the costs associated with coding can be reduced or eliminated entirely using Aviacode's coding services.- Employee Expenses (Wages, Bonuses & Overtime)
- Benefits (PTO, Sick, Medical Insurance, 401K)
- Facility Expenses (Desks, Office Space, Parking)
- Coder Tools (Books, Encoder Software, Computers)
- Coding Costs (Photocopying, Shipping)