Coding / Health Information Management (HIM)

Compliant medical coding must be accompanied by fair and optimum rendered service payments. With the volatile regulatory market, emerging shifts in care based models, a shifting self-pay patient base, and increasingly complex requirements of federal audits, the stakes have never been higher.

Our specialized coding expertise optimizes our client accuracy rates, turnaround times, productivity and need for flexibility. Within a regulated, HIPAA compliant environment, CKS Info System delivers extraordinary coding results, in a value-effective manner.

CKS Info System owns and runs a University-based coding school based upon AHIMA and AAPC standards. Coders train on ICD 10-CM, ICD-10-PCS, CPT, HCPCS, National Correct Coding Initiative policies, and payer-specific billing rules.

Our specialized coding services can be packaged in our end-to-end Revenue Cycle Management offering or as a standalone service.

• Hiring and development of industry-best coders
• Sponsoring of coders' AHIMA or AAPC certifications
• Growth and development of a team entirely trained in medical, nursing, para-medical and life sciences
• Investing in teams of clinicians and nurses for DRG validation and HEDIS
• Utilizing proven multi-step quality assurance processes
• Utilizing process improvement tools like HKPD (Hoshin Kanri Policy Deployment) and Six Sigma
• Experience with numerous HIS and coding systems, including EPIC, Cerner, Siemens, MEDITECH, 3M, Sorian, Optum and eClinicalWorks
• Producing one of the lowest employee turnover rates in the industry due to investments in our CKS Info System team
• Millions of charts coded/reviewed every year for acute care hospitals, academic hospitals, urgent cares, physician groups ACOs, and payers