May 26, 2008

2008 Coding Buyers' Guide (View as PDF)

3m

3M Health Information Systems delivers software and consulting solutions that can help healthcare organizations improve patient care, facilitate compliance, and receive appropriate reimbursement through effective resource management and streamlined workflow.

Dave Clifton
3M Health Information Systems
575 West Murray Boulevard
Salt Lake City, UT 84123-4611
Phone: 800 367 2447
E-mail: Dclifton2@mmm.com
www.3Mhis.com

AHIMA

AHIMA is an industry leader in health information management. We provide the latest in coding books, audio seminars, Web-based learning, and coding certifications (CCA, CCS, and CCS-P). Visit our Web site at www.ahima.org for information on our coding products and certifications.

American Health Information Management
Association (AHIMA)

233 North Michigan Avenue, 21st Floor
Chicago, IL 60607
Phone: 322-233-1100
E-mail: info@ahima.org
www.ahima.org

AMA Bookstore

Amphion

Amphion Medical Solutions offers a full array of coding services and medical transcription services for every size hospital, clinic and ER group. Amphion can provide training for your coders to a full coding review; we do it all with no travel expenses! Amphion’s pre-billing reviews and instant coding/physician education have been essential tools for HIM success! Check out our $85 coding webinars, attended by over 10,000 coders and free to our coding review CCQM™ clients.

Transcription services are provided by our top notch US Based Medical Language specialists; we will provide services on your platform or our state of the art production platform plus we are an eScription service provider. Our customers love us! And we love our customers; what can we do for you?

Amphion Medical Solutions, LLC
Contact: Kerry Chase
8301 Excelsior Drive
Madison, WI 53717
Phone: 888-830-2644

Applied Medical Services

Applied Medical Services has more than 25 years of experience as a leading provider of medical transcription, coding, billing, practice management, and consulting services to hospitals, private practices, and emergency department physician groups. Profit from our experience!

Applied Medical Services
P.O. Box 15133
Durham, NC 27704
Phone: 800-334-6606, ext. 131
Fax: 919-477-5474
E-mail: sales@ams-nc.com
www.appliedmedicalservices.com

CareMedic

Easy is done. You’ve conquered the revenue cycle basics, and now it’s time to dig deeper to improve your financial results. CareMedic’s innovative blend of technology-enabled services and configurable solutions will help you reach the next level of value in your revenue cycle.

For more information call 800-508-8494.

www.caremedic.com

Delmar Cengage Learning

Delmar, a part of Cengage Learning, provides comprehensive health information training solutions for instructors, students, and professionals within the health information management profession. We continue to broaden our product offerings with multimedia products and the most up-to-date information available.

Delmar Cengage Learning
5 Maxwell Drive
Clifton Park, NY 12065
Phone: 800-998-7498
www.delmarhealthcare. cengage.com

Channel Publishing

Publishers of The Educational Annotation of ICD-9-CM and other coding resources, including new editions of Clinotes and Expanded ICD-9-CM Drugs & Chemicals. Save up to 50% on ICD-9-CM products during our July Sale. See Web site for details.

Channel Publishing, Ltd.
4750 Longley Lane, Suite 110
Reno, NV 89502-5977
Phone: 775-825-0880 / 800-248-2882
Fax: 775-825-5633
E-mail: info@channelpublishing.com
www.channelpublishing.com

eWebHealth

A division of ChartOne, eWebHealth delivers exceptional onsite and remote coding capabilities that are proven to help hospitals optimize case mix and reduce DNFB. The eWebHealth suite of medical records workflow applications is a secure, Web-based technology that combines with exceptional professional services to form reliable, flexible, affordable solutions that help hospitals get paid faster, mitigate risk, increase physician satisfaction, and focus on patient care.

Phone: 800-733-2679
www.eWebHealth.com

Comforce

COMFORCE Coding Services has been the leading provider of heath information management staffing solutions for over 30 years. We have the dedication, processes and resources to provide experienced and credentialed coders to hospitals nationwide for backlog, vacation coverage or staffing shortages.

Our expert team of coders provide the support that is simply unmatched in the industry, helping small and large facilities optimize their coding production, either on-site or remotely!

Experience the COMFORCE difference of world class quality and customer service. Call 866-302-4678 to learn more about how COMFORCE can help your coding team be better than ever!

www.comforce.com

Complete Coding Solutions

Complete Coding Solutions offers skilled consultants for remote and on-site coding. All consultants are credentialed RHIA, RHIT, CCS and CCS-P with 3 years of acute care coding experience.

• Outptaient
• Inpatient
• ER
• DRG Auditing
• Assembly & Analysis

Complete Coding Solutions
Phone: 877-265-5995
www.completecoding solutions.com

Diskriter
Since 1947, Diskriter professionals have worked side-by-side with healthcare providers of all sizes providing customized HIM department-wide solutions.

Coding Services
+ On-site
+ Remote
+ Long-term Contracts
+ Short-term Contracts
+ Vacations
+ FMLA
+ Backlog
+ DNFB Analysis
+ Performance Improvements
+ Auditing Services
+ Rehab Coding

Coders
+ AHIMA Credentialed Coders
+ Experienced Acute Care Knowledge
+ Highly Qualified HIM Professionals
+ Specialized Department Expertise

Paula Lawlor, RHIA + VP, HIM Services
Diskriter Inc. + 3257 West Liberty Avenue + Pittsburgh, PA 15216
800.242.1622 Ext. 361 + solutions@diskriter.com

evolveMed

Established in 1988, EvolveMed provides multispecialty, full-service, and overflow transcription.

· Exceptional Customer Service 24/7/365
· Digital Handheld, BlackBerry, Smartphone
· Toll-free Phone
· HIPAA Compliant
· HL7/ADT Interface
· Secure Web Editing/eSign
· Print/Fax

Regain control of transcription! Call now!

EvolveMed
175 W. 200 S., Suite 4004
Salt Lake City, UT 84101
Phone: 800-301-4901, ext.107
E-mail: transcription.sales@ evolve.com
www.evolvemed.com

First Class Solutions, Inc
Health Forum

Health Information Associates

Founded in 1992, Health Information Associates has partnered with hundreds of hospitals to provide accurate, efficient, and ethical coding and review services. HIA’s commitment to education, training and technology, combined with our stringent hiring practices, ensures each of our coding and review specialists is well prepared to service your facility.

Health Information Associates
9841 Ocean Highway, Suite A
Pawleys Island, SC 29585
Phone: 843-253-8278 or 866-HIA-CODE
E-mail: ceckert@hiacode.com
www.hiacode.com

Health Revenue Assurance Associates

Health Revenue Assurance Associates (HRAA) is the leading provider of reimbursement integrity services for health information management and the entire revenue cycle. Through customized hands-on strategic analysis of a hospital's revenue cycle and compliance focused, in-depth APC and DRG coding and documentation audits, customized education/certification programs, and chargemaster data integrity reviews, HRAA provides solutions that yield measurable results, increased productivity, reduced DNFB, improved APC accuracy and optimized Revenue IntegrityTM. HRAA is committed to providing the most intuitive Revenue IntegrityTM solutions in the industry and our newly introduced APC AuditorProTM is the leading internal auditing technology for outpatient claims.

Health Revenue Assurance Associates
10097 Cleary Boulevard, Suite 513
Plantation, FL 33324
Phone: 954-472-2340
E-mail: info@healthrevenue.com
www.healthrevenue.com

Healthcare Contract Resources

More than a decade of service to the HIM industry

• Coding
• Interim Management
• Coding Audits and Reviews
• Project Management

HCR provides stress reduction for your HIM department through the services of skilled, credentialed, experienced HIM consultants. Call us today for more information.

Healthcare Contract Resources
2129 Electric Road, Suite 100
Roanoke, VA 24018
Phone: 888-989-0660
Fax: 540-774-2817
E-mail: info@hcrcompanies.com
www.hcrcompanies.com

Healthcare Cost Solutions, Inc.

• On-Site Coding
• Remote Coding
• Coding Compliance Audits
• APC Audits
• RAC Reviews & Appeals
• OIG High Profile Cases
• HIM Interim Management
• Online CEU Tutorials
• Physician Query Forms

Optimizing Your Rightful Reimbursements

Healthcare Cost Solutions, Inc.
120 Newport Center Drive, Suite 290
Newport Beach, CA 92660
Phone: 949-721-2795
Fax: 949-759-1253
www.hcsstat.com

Healthcare Support Technologies, Inc. (HST)

DocOfficeRx, a Healthcare Support Technologies, Inc. solution, is your #1 online resource for coding, billing, and practice management tools, including fast, accurate, and up-to-date access to CPT codes, ICD9 codes, HCPCS, LCD data, CCI resources, and more. With DocOfficeRx, you will shorten your A/R cycles and increase reimbursements by improving your productivity and the accuracy of coding.

FREE 7-Day Trial available at
www.docofficerx.com

Healthcare Support Technologies, Inc. (HST)
426 Adams Street, Suite 3
Rochester, PA 15074
Phone: 800-372-7790, ext. 21
E-mail: info@webhstech.com
www.webhstech.com

HealthPort

HealthPort’s credentialed, experienced coding staff and superior solutions can address all your coding needs, no matter the complexity. Whether you are looking for a long-term or short-term solution, HealthPort will provide you with reliable, efficient remote or on-site coding assistance.

Contact us today to find out how our coding services can assist your organization.

Phone: 888-280-2351
E-mail: getinfo@healthport.com
www.healthport.com

HIM Connections, Inc.

HIM Connections, Inc. is a specialized staffing and recruiting firm focusing exclusively in HIM. Our employer services include on-site and remote coding assistance. In addition, we provide interim management services, direct hire recruiment services and an HIM job board. For more information about our staffing and recruiting services, please visit our Web site at www.HIMConnections.com. For more information about our job board, please visit www.HIMJobBoard.com.

HIM Connections, Inc.
Phone: 888-655-4722
Fax: 866-381-0357
E-mail: info@himconnections.com
www.himconnections.com

H.I.M. ON CALL, Inc.

H.I.M. ON CALL, Inc. has been providing health information and revenue cycle management services since 1998. We have a full compliment of healthcare professionals that can assist in nearly any project.

Our services include – Consulting Management, Coding, Data Quality Reviews, Interim Management, Revenue Cycle Initiatives, Documentation Improvement Programs, Imaging Arching & Document Management Solutions, Web-based Electronic Patient Record DocuXP©

H.I.M. ON CALL, Inc.
1033 W. Hamilton Street
Allentown, PA 18101
Phone: 610-435-5724. ext. 12
Fax: 610-821-0993
E-mail: info@himoncall.com
www.himoncall.com

Kforce

Kforce Professional Staffing provides permanent and flexible staffing services. Our HIM consultants are skilled in coding (remote and on-site), cancer registry, trauma registry, management, assembly/analysis, and transcription. We are able to assist with MPI clean-up, compliance audits and workflow automation.

Kforce
Phone: 866-230-7993
E-mail: kforcehimrecruiter@kforce.com
www.kforce.com

LYNX Medical Systems, Inc.

LYNX Medical Systems, Inc., a Picis company, drives value in emergency medicine through industry leading software and services that promote financial health and compliance. LYNX revenue management solutions help health systems and hospitals improve emergency department (ED) clinical documentation, improve coding compliance, and promote accurate and consistent code assignment for appropriate reimbursement. LYNX clients maintain a consistent, documented, and repeatable return on investment. Currently, LYNX serves more than 400 healthcare organizations, representing more than 18 million annual encounters.

LYNX Medical Systems, Inc.
15325 SE 30th Place, Suite 200
Bellevue, WA 98007
Phone: 800-767-5969
Fax: 425-865-8114
E-mail: info@lynxmed.com
www.lynxmed.com

Maxim Health Information Services (MHIS) provides superior quality coding and auditing services to healthcare organizations across the country. MHIS offers on-site coding support, remote coding services, auditing and review services, education and training, HIM outsourcing solutions, and services to the Department of Veterans Affairs’ Medical Centers. MHIS provides qualified healthcare professionals to customers to meet their needs in an efficient and cost-effective manner.

866-265-0589 EAST
866-316-8773 WEST
www.maximhealthinformation services.com

MC Strategies

MedCLR

Since 1996, MedCLR has bought billions of dollars in medical debt portfolios and has garnered more experience than anyone in the industry. That experience means that once you sell to us, we will manage all communications with your accounts going forward with the same courtesy, integrity, and respect that you would provide.

MedCLR
1201 Market Street, Suite 800
Wilmington, DE 19801
Phone: 866-335-3361, ext. 801
Fax: 703-991-3219
E-mail: algis.penkiunas@medclr.com
www.medclr.com

Medical Coding Services, Inc.

MCS, Medical Coding Services, Inc., provides experienced, credentialed coding professionals for ICD-9-CM and CPT coding. Services provided onsite or remote. Temporary, permanent and on-call services available. Expertise in all areas of inpatient and outpatient coding. All MCS coders are credentialed RHIA, RHIT, CCS, and CCS-P with extensive coding experience.

Medical Coding Services, Inc.
60 Oswego Street
Baldwinsville, NY 13027
Phone: 800-627-8588
Fax: 315-638-6309
E-mail: Info@mcscoding.com
www.mcscoding.com

MedQuist

Meta Health Technology

Meta Health Technology is a full-service provider of health information management solutions for hospitals, physician group practices and longterm care facilities across the United States and Canada. Our software automates critical HIM functions, including abstracting & coding, physician query, chart analysis & completion, release of information, chart tracking, electronic signature, document management, EMR, reporting & compliance, and department management.

Meta Health Technology
330 Seventh Avenue
New York, NY 10001
Phone: 800-334-6840
Fax: 212-643-2913
E-mail: metasales@metahealth.com
www.metahealth.com

MLT Medical Coding Inc

Since 1995, MLT has been dedicated to providing the highest level of HIM support to clients.

• Certified professionals – AHIMA/NCRA
• 10-15 years of hospital experienced staff
• Quality work at a reasonable rate
• Remote or on-site availability
• Coding staff audited annually
• MS-DRG and POA experience

Phone: 630-208-0280
E-mail: joyce@mltcoding.com
www.mltcoding.com

NJPR

NJPR offers advance digital dictation technology and full and overflow medical transcription support. Advanced methods for electronic transmission of reports including email/internet and HL7 interface, customized solutions, high quality and HIPAA compliance are guaranteed.

NJPR
129 Littleton Road
Parsippany, NJ 07054
Phone: 973-334-3443
www.njpr.com
Contact: Lori A.Hedges-Stephens, RHIA

Outsourcing Solutions, Inc. (OSi)

Founded in 1999, OSi is one of the nation’s largest medical transcription outsourcing providers, serving over 50 hospitals and health systems in the U.S. and abroad. OSi maintains the flexibility and superior service of a small company, yet has the technology and dedicated operations team to deliver complete solutions to our clients.

Our foundation is quality medical documentation; our focus is superior client care

Outsourcing Solutions, Inc. (OSi)
6140 Central Church Road
Douglasville, GA 30135
Phone: 866-674-1515
E-mail: info@ositranscription.com
www.ositranscription.com

Peak Health Solutions

Peak Health Solutions is a leader in providing coding solutions to healthcare organizations. With exceptional customer service, hands-on support and guaranteed results, Peak is the proven scalable solution to healthcare information management challenges. Peak offers remote coding, outsourced coding and auditing services.

6920 Miramar Road, Suite 305
San Diego, CA 92121
Phone: 888-435-6500
E-mail: info@peakhs.com
www.PeakHS.com

info@peakhs.com

Pyramid has more than 20 years of experience in providing coding, HIM, and patient financial services to hospitals, healthcare systems, clinics, and physician practices across the U.S. Pyramid’s suite of services includes consulting, MS-DRG and APC validation audits, remote/on-site coding, interim management, outsourcing, and more.

Pyramid Healthcare Solutions
14141 46th Street North, Suite 1212
Clearwater, FL 33762
Phone: 800-721-0120
Fax: 727-431-3099
E-mail: info@pyramidhs.com
www.pyramidhs.com

QuadraMed

An integral part of QuadraMed Care-Based Revenue Cycle solutions, QuadraMed Health Information Management (HIM) uses a single, Web-native platform to provide a completely integrated solution that improves coding accuracy and access to patient information, stabilizes the case mix index, and supports AHIMA’s eHIM model.

QuadraMed
Phone: 800-393-0278
E-mail: QuadraMedInformation@ quadramed.com
www.quadramed.com

Stat Solutions, Inc.

Step up to a whole new level in coding support. Stat Solutions, Inc. provides HIM Departments nationwide with experienced, credentialed coding specialists for on-site and off-site needs. “Team Stat” is available for occasional backlog to total department outsourcing. We guarantee the highest quality with timely results and dependability.

Stat Solutions, Inc.
Phone: 888-297-7212
Fax: 888-297-7214
E-mail: info@statsolutionsinc.com
www.statsolutionsinc.com

The Coding Center

TruCode

TruCode provides an easy-to-use encoder that empowers coders to be more accurate and efficient. Here's how: Our exclusive Research Pane offers critical guidance at the point of coding… exactly when it’s needed! This feature and many others are the result of passionate HIM professionals leading the design of TruCode.

TruCode’s capabilities include sophisticated ICD-9-CM, CPT and HCPCS search engines, MS-DRG and APC grouping, code editing and integrated clinical references — all of which help healthcare organizations achieve optimal levels of coding accuracy and coder productivity.

Contact: Michael Mulligan
Phone: 770-883-8311
E-mail: mmulligan@trucode.com
www.TruCode.com

The T System

T-System provides paper and electronic clinical documentation solutions with unparalleled usability that maximize efficiency and improve results. The T SystemEV®, our comprehensive emergency department information system, has been chosen nationwide by people working smarter to provide the best care.

T-System Sales Department
4020 McEwen Drive, Suite 200
Dallas, TX 75244
Phone: 972-503-8899
Fax: 972-503-8898
Toll-Free: 800-667-2482
E-mail: sales@tsystem.com
www.tsystem.com

Wolters Fluwer Law & Business

ZipClaims

Healthcare Reimbursement Made Easy

•Create Clean Claims — Every Time
•Slash Billing Fraud
•Choose the Right Codes With Confidence
•Avoid Software and Upgrade Expenses
•Submit Paper or Electronic Claims

ZipClaims.com — The Shortest Distance Between You and Your Money

Phone: 866-925-2317
E-mail: Support@ZipClaims.com
www.ZipClaims.com