Precyse Showcases CDI Services, Technology and Education at AHIMA 2015

NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 28, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Precyse, a leader in health information management (HIM) technology, services and education, will show healthcare organizations how to "Unlock Revenue and Resources" at the AHIMA 2015 Convention and Exhibit September 26-30, 2015, at the Ernest E. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans (Booth #721). With the convention taking place just days before the official transition to the ICD-10 code set, Precyse will focus its message at the event on how the company is uniquely prepared to arm healthcare organizations with the tools and resources they need, at the outset of the ICD-10 implementation, and as they face inevitable challenges anticipated to arise going forward. A particular area of focus at the convention will be on Clinical Documentation Improvement (CDI) Services and Technology.

"As the industry heads into ICD-10, it is vital that healthcare organizations take a good look at their CDI programs and methodologies, particularly regarding the collaboration between their coding and CDI functions, so they can identify challenges early on and mitigate risks going forward," notes Denise Johnson, Vice President, HIM Integrated Services, at Precyse. "When it comes to using CDI as a tool to help manage changes under ICD-10, Precyse offers clients what we refer to as our "three-legged stool," an integrated offering of services, technology and education."

Precyse offers CDI consulting, staff augmentation, and education services. Consulting services include CDI program assessments, making recommendations for improvement, and implementation and monitoring of new CDI processes. For staff augmentation, Precyse runs an organization's entire CDI function. Precyse University DNA™ provides CDI eLearning solutions, which measure staff competency and close knowledge gaps. These services are supported by the precyseCDI™ technology, part of Precyse's single integrated technology platform, which also supports computer-assisted coding and audit functions.

At the AHIMA Convention, Precyse will highlight three aspects of its CDI technology that are of critical importance as organizations implement ICD-10:

1. Documentation and Core Measure alerts enabled by Natural Language Processing (NLP): It is anticipated that physician queries will increase between 40% and 60% after ICD-10 implementation. PrecyseCDI's powerful NLP engine automatically scans pages of clinical data and presents alerts that indicate when diagnoses are not specific enough for ICD-10 or when indications exist for diagnoses that have not been specifically documented or confirmed. In addition, the latest release of PrecyseCDI offer automated identification of Core Measures patients
2. Reference Tool: PrecyseCDI features an integrated reference tool that replaces hard-copy manuals, providing CDI specialists and coders with diagnostic-level findings including MCCs, CCs and quality-related measures as well as documentation strategies to alert them to impacts due to severity of illness, risk of mortality, hierarchical condition categories and comorbid conditions. With this tool, users can compare up to three codes or DRG's on their screen at one time and use the tool to guide their clinical review or coding assessment.
3. Validation Process: PrecyseCDI's validation process provides a more accurate method of accounting for the impact of the CDI program by eliminating any inadvertent "double-counting." The technology provides a validation list and allows CDI specialists to address all cases with a CDI Final Recommended DRG and Coding Final DRG that do not match, delivering a more robust way to perform queries, and providing an opportunity for coders and CDI specialists to sign off on the coding summary together – ensuring that all clinical findings and specificity have been addressed in the coding findings.

Conway Regional Health System in North Central Arkansas is just one of many organizations already achieving success with Precyse's CDI services and technology. They were even awarded the Governor's Award for Performance Excellence in 2014, due in part to their improvements in clinical documentation.

"Precyse has been a solid partner in getting a CDI program up and running again at Conway Regional, and the results speak for themselves," said Conway's Chief Financial Officer Steve Rose. "We now have a program in place that not only is achieving significant results now, but also has the ongoing ability to continue to track, monitor and manage our CDI program for sustainable results well into the future."

Healthcare organizations attending AHIMA 2015 can discuss Precyse CDI Services and Solutions with the Precyse experts at Booth #721.

About Precyse
Precyse uniquely interweaves people, technology and education to remove barriers between clinical and financial operations, enabling healthcare organizations to thrive. The company has helped nearly 5,000 healthcare organizations nationwide improve efficiency and deliver tangible outcomes for more than fifteen years. Precyse offers fully outsourced Health Information Management (HIM) Services, Medical Coding, Clinical Documentation Improvement (CDI), Medical Transcription, Cancer Registry and Oncology Data Management; an HIM Automation platform with expert workflow technologies and Natural Language Processing (NLP) that supports all inpatient and outpatient Computer Assisted Coding, and Computer Assisted CDI needs; and Precyse University™, an education solution targeted towards helping hospitals optimize coding, revenue cycle management, healthcare operations, clinical documentation, and case management practices before they hit the bottom line. www.precyse.com

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