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Computer-assisted coding technology helps health system prepare for ICD-10 pdf
Ohio Health is one organization already implementing ICD-10 changes. Because of concerns over coding productivity, the Columbus, OH-based health system recently added computer-assisted coding (CAC) technology to increase coding efficiency and accuracy. Find out how it helped them.

Innovations—Artificial intelligence technology holds the key to improving claims coding productivity, preparing for ICD-10 pdf
With ICD-10, coders need to get to a high level of granularity in clinical documentation for hospitals to be reimbursed properly. Since implementing OptumInsight’s Computer-Assisted Coding system, Ohio Health has seen diagnostic coder productivity increase 105.6 percent over the average productivity standard and emergency department coding productivity increase 60 percent since January—a 91.7 percent increase over the current average productivity standard—while maintaining high rates of accuracy and compliance. At the same time, Ohio Health realized more than $300,000 in annual cost savings in the coding department as the use of CAC allowed the re-allocation of six full-time coding positions.

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Leading the next generation of coding technology pdf
Optum Computer-Assisted Coding (CAC) is powered by our proprietary and patented NLP engine, Optum LifeCode®. Optum CAC accelerates your coding process by assisting coders with suggested and traceable codes. Coders can simply sign in to the Optum CAC application and review the LifeCode results—which makes it easy to perform their daily tasks. And, LifeCode’s superior technology can help organizations maintain and even enhance productivity during the ICD-10 conversion.

Advanced Coding Technology to Advance the Revenue Cycle pdf
Not all CAC tools are created equal. Understand the key elements of natural language processing and how the precision of Optum’s LifeCode NLP technology can boost coder accuracy and enhance productivity—even amid the transition to ICD-10.

Case Studies

Computerized Management Services reduces the cycle time and costs associated with identifying crucial revenue dollars by automating their reconciliation process with Optum CAC Reconciliation Module. pdf
Computerized Management Services reduced their cycle time associated with the critical reconciliation process to less than 30 days, improved the accuracy, cycle time, and costs associated with encounter verification, uncovered $40,000 worth of missing reports on the first day of use, and reassigned coding resources to new projects and business opportunities.

Gwinnett Hospital System improves revenue, enhances coder productivity, mitigates audit risks, and prepares for ICD-10 with Optum™ CAC pdf
Optum CAC helps Gwinnett Hospital System improve case mix index, reduce discharged, not final billed (DNFB) days, and generate a return on investment in less than three months.

OhioHealth more than doubled productivity after implementing Optum™ CAC pdf
OhioHealth improves coding productivity and achieves substantial productivity increases after implementing Optum’s CAC solution in their eight-network hospital system.

Acadiana Computer Systems, Inc. gains a 100% ROI on their radiology billing by implementing the Optum™ Computer-Assisted Coding solution. pdf
By implementing the Optum CAC solution, Acadiana reduced claim denial rates by five percent, strengthened audit capabilities and coder support, improved efficiencies through automation, manager tools, and straight-to-bill capabilities, and doubled the number of documents processed per hour.

Covenant Medical Group streamlines entire revenue cycle management processes with the Optum Computer-Assisted Coding solution pdf
Covenant Medical Group dramatically increased the processing time of completely coded charts from 20 to an average of 60 charts per hour, reduced document backlog from 3.5 months to three weeks, and achieved enterprise-wide productivity, efficiency, and financial gains after a brief, five-day implementation.

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Gwinnett Hospital System—results with Optum CAC

Gwinnett Hospital System reduces DNFB days, increases case mix index (CMI), and improves coding accuracy, efficiency, and productivity.

Get ICD-10 ready with Optum CAC

Ready or not, coding as we know it is about to change. The LifeCode^® natural language processing (NLP) technology behind Optum’s CAC accurately interprets meaning and context of medical terms in clinical documentation—a powerful asset that will help organizations mitigate the impacts of ICD-10.