CERTIFIED CODING SPECIALISTS

There is a nationwide shortage of certified coding professionals. This results in problems as medical providers and hospitals attempt to hire and maintain a staff of qualified, certified coding specialists. By utilizing professional coding services offered by G2N, healthcare providers and hospitals can ensure proper coding and compliance without the struggle of hiring, managing, or maintaining a medical coding staff.

Finding and Maintaining a Workforce of Certified Coding Professionals

A stumbling block that adds to the difficulty hospitals and healthcare providers have when hiring and maintaining a team of certified coding specialists is the overall shortage of certified coders. This nationwide shortage of certified coding specialists affects healthcare facilities around the country and is most keenly felt in rural areas due to lower population concentrations.

Another problem contributing to the difficulty companies will have when managing a team of coding professionals can be ensuring that employees or contractors are current with changing regulations. While there can be high costs related to keeping employees current with changing coding regulations, it is important to use a team of certified coding specialists who are up-to-date with medical coding regulations in order to ensure accuracy and compliance. When using independent certified coding contractors, a company sacrifices some control over individual contractors, and therefore, cannot be sure that these coders remain current and up-to-date. Additionally, from a management standpoint, using independent coding contractors results in a potential lack of control over the workforce and an inability to maintain specific work schedules.

Certified Coding Specialists from G2N

Using G2N certified coding specialists solves many of the medical coding problems that healthcare providers and hospitals frequently encounter, including an inability to find knowledgeable certified coders as well as the difficulties that occur when maintaining a workforce of certified coders. The certified coding specialists from G2N offer a number of benefits to hospitals or healthcare providers. To learn more about why you should choose our certified coding specialists, please feel free to contact our medical coding and revenue cycle services company by phone at 314-835-9311 or by email at client-services@g2n.org.

Advantages that our G2N certified coding specialists offer include:

AHIMA-Certified Coding Professionals: All of G2N’s medical coding professionals are AHIMA certified coding specialists with the experience and knowledge needed for accurate and consistent results.
Access to the G2N Coding Team: We offer each client access to the complete G2N team of certified coding specialists. With access to all of these employees rather than just one particular coder, we are able to meet each client’s needs even at times of higher demand in order to ensure timely and accurate work.
Timely Turnaround Results: With our teams of certified coding specialists, we can meet the turnaround time demands of any client, and because our teams are available on an as needed basis, we can offer temporary, as-needed services or a long-term coding solution.
Utilization of Established Coding Guidelines: Our teams of certified coding specialists utilize each client’s established coding guidelines in order to keep the medical coding process as simple as possible.
Up-To-Date Knowledge and Skills: We maintain an emphasis on learning, and require that each of our employees stays current with the changing industry. Therefore, all of our certified coding specialists possess up-to-date knowledge and skills and remain current with changing regulations. As a result of this dedication to accuracy and compliance, our certified coders are well prepared for the ICD-10 transition.