New coding product from HcPro for physician offices

Written by Reed Tinsley | November 29, 2006

Streamline Your Practice with HCPro's New Coding Product for Physician Offices

HcPro has just released Coder Productivity: Tapping Your Team's Talents to Improve Quality and Reduce Accounts Receivable, a hands-on guide to identifying and correcting production lapses. This book and CD-ROM package is loaded with current coding productivity data you won't find anywhere else.

In Coder Productivity, author Rose Dunn, RHIA, CPA, FACHE, FHFMA, uses her extensive background as a healthcare professional to examine productivity from a number of angles and give you strategies you can use to improve the coding team's productivity and develop incentive plans to motivate staff. You'll learn how to

  • establish realistic expectations for your coding and processing staffs
  • lower PRN, contracted staff, overtime, and staff turnover
  • dissect the various reports that gauge the HIM department's performance
  • reduce DNFB and accounts receivable
  • determine a coder’s compensation
  • improve coding quality
  • create monetary and non-monetary incentive plans that inspire staff
  • eliminate common distractions that interrupt coders from concentrating on their work

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She also analyzes the results of HCPro's nationwide survey on coding productivity, which queried respondents on authorized coding hours, contract staff, vacancy levels, data abstraction, and productivity standards.

Bonus CD provides samples and forms:
Your copy of Coder Productivity includes a CD with sample policies and forms, including

  • a coding incentive plan
  • coding specialist job description
  • time ladder
  • sample incentive pay documentation form
  • coding productivity reporting log

About the Author

Reed Tinsley CPA

This article is written by Reed Tinsley, a Houston, TX-based CPA with over 30 years of experience advising physicians and medical practices across Texas and the United States. Reed holds certifications as a Certified Valuation Analyst (CVA), Certified Healthcare Business Consultant (CHBC), and Certified Financial Planner (CFP), specializing exclusively in the healthcare sector. He is a published author, nationally recognized speaker, and trusted advisor to physicians on accounting & tax, practice management, and financial planning. Schedule a Free Consultation.

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