Thought Leadership

The HIM group at Kforce prides itself on being a thought leader in the industry.  Members of Kforce have spoken on several panels and several articles have been written by Kforce team members.

 

Case Studies

HIM Coding:

While a suburban Maryland multi-hospital health system was repairing several years of financial problems, its medical records coding had slipped to an unacceptable level that made finances worse. 

 

A non-profit hospital devoted to the care of the poor was struggling with staffing, particularly in medical coding. 

 

When a medical records coder had to take immediate emergency medical leave, the department director knew he would have to act fast or risk billing delays sure to be noticed by his superiors.

 

A Minnesota hospital found itself short-staffed when an upturn in patient numbers buried its medical coding department. 

Cancer Registry:

Losing its cancer-registry contractor caused some small panic for a Southeast metro hospital, yet it also created an opportunity to evaluate the organization's health information management practices as it looked to expand interventional radiology, where coding mistakes can be very expensive.

Assembly and Analysis:

Conversion to electronic medical records caused employees of a North Carolina non-profit hospital to fear they would lose their jobs. 

ER Coding Outsource:

Not sending bills for a month is an expensive inefficiency and one that a multiple-hospital system in Ohio could not afford. 

HIM Interim Management:

When the coding manager fell suddenly ill and had to take an extended leave of absence in the midst of a system conversion, a major Southwest medical center had to scramble to keep pace with its billing needs. 

Charge Master Review:

A primary-care hospital in rural Louisiana hadn't updated its 7,000-line charge master in many years and feared it was under-charging and losing money. 

MPI Clean-Up:

Overdue for file clean-up, a Northwest acute-care hospital faced a system conversion deadline in less than four months and would require merging files and eliminating some 13,000 duplicate records. 

 

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Testimonials

Kforce’s understanding of our HIM department enabled them to provide the right people at the right time for the right price.  I only had to make one phone call and they were able to provide me with qualified professionals for inpatient and outpatient coding, transcription and cancer registry.

Jean Harrell, HIM Director
Richmond, VA

 

Whether we need assistance with inpatient, ER or ambulatory surgeries, Kforce always has certified coders to help out in any arena.  And the Account Representatives have always made sure we are satisfied as a customer.

Sharon Maxey, MPA
Clinical Information Manager
Kansas City

 

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