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Charges In Hand™ is the most powerful, PocketPC™-based charges capture solutions, designed to support coding and compliance at point-of-care. Integrated with scheduling, registration and billing systems, Charges In Hand™ enables clinicians to manage daily schedules, review patient demographic and insurance information, retrieve patient-specific problems and procedures and record new procedures and diagnoses all at the point-of-care. The solution contains the entire CPT-4 and ICD-9 code sets, as well as sophisticated rule sets resulting in optimized reimbursement and coding compliance.
A Comprehensive Coding and Compliance Enhancing
Tool
The Entire Set of CPT-4, ICD-9-CM and
HCPCS Codes
Every code used to document a patient encounter is stored on the
handheld device, allowing quick, easy and accurate coding, reducing
reliance on outside coding resources.
The Entire Set of Coding Rules
Medicare Edits, Local Medical Review Policies and the Correct Coding
Initiative rules are stored on the handheld device. Charges are
reviewed against these rules for appropriateness when entered by
the physician. Inappropriate charges are immediately flagged for
correction on the handheld computer or editing by the physician
or administrative staff. The system is automatically updated as
codes and rules change.
Evaluation and Management Wizard
E&M codes can be entered in one tap, but the availability of
a detailed drill-down into the components affecting code appropriateness
(history, examination and complexity of medical decision-making)
helps ensure accuracy of code selection and compliance.
Built for Speed, with Support When Needed
Using custom shortcut lists, data can be entered with a minimum
number of taps, yet extensive context-sensitive help is always available.
Help includes detailed explanations of coding rule violations and
provides examples of correct coding.
Multiple Methods of Code Selection
All codes are searchable via shortcut lists, a proprietary hierarchical
drill-down tool, by keyword, from previously used codes for each
patient, by using the E&M Coding Wizard, or by typing in the
first few numbers of the code.
Sharable Data Facilitates Collaborative
Care, Referrals and Consults
Controlled access to patient data allows physician groups to manage
patients collaboratively, arrange for weekend and vacation coverage,
and request consults quickly and easily.
Completely Customizable
Code Shortcut Lists for Each Physician
Frequently used CPT-4 and ICD-9-CM codes can be grouped into customizable
shortcut lists, allowing 1-tap code selection.
Individual Physician Profiles
Individual profiles can be defined for each physician, allowing
customized patient lists and collaborative team memberships for
work at different facilities within the enterprise.
HIPAA Ready
Controlled, Secure Access to Patient Data
Access to patient data is controlled, ensuring compliance with security
requirements. Handheld computers are password protected, and data
is encrypted during transmissions.
Deploys quickly with minimal IT staff support
The Charges In Hand™ Mobile Coding Solution delivers solid bottom-line
results. While the software logic and user interface have been crafted
to reflect how the physician thinks and works, the efficiencies and
financial results that the solution delivers have been designed to
help financial managers improve the performance of the entire practice.
Charges In Hand delivers these results by increasing practice gross
charges, improving collection percentage, and reducing administrative
costs.
Increased Gross Charges
Charges In Hand coding logic allows physicians to confidently code
to the appropriate level of service provided, most notably for Evaluation
and Management (E&M) codes. For practices with physicians who
are defensively under-coding out of fear of a government audit, this
can represent a significant recovery of reimbursement to which the
practice is entitled.
More Complete and Accurate Coding
Using benchmark data for a cardiology practice, the table below presents
the potential for increased charges and thereby net collections resulting
from recovery of lost charges and more accurate E&M coding.
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