SPi Healthcare Showcases HIM Offering at AHIMA

As industry faces coding and compliance challenges such as ICD-10 and RAC audits, SPi Healthcare’s AHIMA-credentialed professionals are poised to help

TINLEY PARK, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SPi Healthcare, the leading integrated revenue cycle and clinical documentation improvement firm, today announced that they will be at the American Health Information Management Association’s (AHIMA) Convention to help provider organizations with the challenges associated with the ICD-10 deadline – among other increasing coding performance and compliance issues.

“The journey can be very long for children battling cancer, so we are excited to benefit from SPi Healthcare’s AHIMA promotion as it will help only us to financially assist more families with the travel expenses associated with getting the cancer care needed for their child”

SPi Healthcare will be showcasing their health information improvement (HIM) capabilities including coding performance improvement, clinical documentation improvement, and coding education for ICD-10 in AHIMA booth #842

In addition to the previously mentioned services, SPi Healthcare can help provider organizations prepare for a RAC audit as more and more are faced with CMS, state, and local Medicare/Medicaid integrity programs for reimbursement fraud. In fact, according to a recent American Hospital Association survey:

• About $741 million in denials were reported through Q1 2012, nearly double the amount of those in Q4 2011
• The average dollar amount of a complex denial was $5,839
• Outpatient billing errors were cited as the top reason for RAC automated denials

“In the current coding and compliance environment, a physician’s knowledge of clinical documentation requirements is critical to the financial health of any organization in our health system today,” said Julia Tynan, vice president of hospital services for SPi Healthcare. “SPi Healthcare is uniquely qualified to assist physicians and healthcare care organizations with our success in physician revenue cycle and proven experience in coding and clinical documentation.”

SPi Healthcare’s AHIMA Raffle to Help Childhood Cancer Families

SPi Healthcare will be holding a raffle for AHIMA attendees to win four $100 AMEX gift cards. For every entry, SPi Healthcare will donate $1 to Compass to Care, an organization that helps to schedule and pay for the travel arrangements that families require to seek the best cancer care for their children.

“The journey can be very long for children battling cancer, so we are excited to benefit from SPi Healthcare’s AHIMA promotion as it will help only us to financially assist more families with the travel expenses associated with getting the cancer care needed for their child,” said Michelle Ernsdorff, Founder & CEO of Compass to Care, and childhood cancer survivor.

For more information about SPi Healthcare’s capabilities or to participate in the raffle, please visit SPi Healthcare in booth #842 at AHIMA, which takes place October 1-3 at the McCormick Place Convention Center in Chicago.

About SPi Healthcare

SPi Healthcare's full-spectrum approach to revenue cycle management and clinical documentation improvement enables their clients to join the ranks of healthcare’s best-performing providers. SPi Healthcare, a Healthcare Informatics HCI 100 company, accelerates cash flow and mitigates risk, facilitating improved operations through reinvestment and strategic growth on behalf of their clients.

SPi Healthcare is a business unit of SPi Global, BPO company of the year in the 2011 International ICT Awards, and a leading, globally recognized, full-service BPO provider with 30 offices and facilities around the world including the US, Netherlands, Philippines, India, Vietnam, and Australia. SPi Global has over 18,000 employees delivering a wide range of solutions in Customer Relationship Management, Content, and Healthcare.