Your coding staff members’ workflow of can
dramatically affect their efficiency, productivity, and, in turn, coding
quality. Speaking at the recent Society for Clinical Coding Annual Meeting in
San Francisco, one coding expert discussed several methods that may improve the
workflow at your facility.The first step in workflow improvement is
assessing coding flow issues within the health information management (HIM)
department as well as outside the department, says Nancy Hirschl, BS, CCS,
vice president of revenue management services for Integrated Revenue
Management in Carlsbad,
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