Increase coder retention. Reduce coding backlogs.
Are you scrambling to find qualified coders… or retain high-quality ones? SoftMed’s solution for Solving Coder Shortages combines the powerful capabilities of the ClinTrac® Clinical Abstracting system with our scanning and viewing applications. By supporting remote coding and abstracting with a single system design, SoftMed allows you to take advantage of a geographically diverse workforce - so that you can maintain a constant workflow and train, keep and count on the best coders in the industry.
Key Benefits
- Reduces coding backlogs, thus decreasing AR/billing edits and improving cash flow.
- Helps recruit and retain limited resources - allowing providers to maintain turnaround times.
- Speeds data retrieval for decision-making.
- Addresses access security - helping providers remain HIPAA-compliant.
- Provides the foundation for a site’s electronic patient record - allowing for parallel processing.
Focused on Integration
SoftMed’s integrated solution for solving coder shortages provides:
- Access to key data for coding and abstracting.
- Complete integration with popular encoder/groupers.
- Identical data, workflow, edits and rules for on-site and off-site coders.
- Messaging with other ClinTrac® users.
- Flexible, precise reports.
- A shared, secured SoftMed database.
- Audit trails.
Focused on Performance
This SoftMed solution maximizes the performance of the following products:
Focused on Support
To help you address and overcome the considerable number of uncoded records in your facility, SoftMed offers:
- SoftMed University — Courses such as Remote Coding: Keep Coders at Home… and Keep Them Working for You evaluate your current coding solutions to determine if you are getting the best return on your investment or if remote coding will assist in increasing the return.