Benefits of Medical Coding Automation
Healthcare professionals are often burdened with repetitive back-office tasks that suck up time and resources. While these menial chores are necessary, it’s important that healthcare organizations look for ways to reduce them and enable staff to focus on more critical tasks that add value. Medical coding automation is a growing solution that allows healthcare companies to streamline these tedious administrative processes, allowing them to spend more time on the revenue cycle and patient care. By automating a large portion of the work, healthcare organizations can increase revenue per visit, reduce the number of claims denials, and improve overall profitability. Unlike traditional rules-based systems, autonomous medical coding solutions learn as they go. Using Natural Language Processing, the technology can read provider notes, identify medical codes, and create claim submission documents – all without any human intervention. This eliminates the need for manual coding and ensures ...