Organizations join to provide coding education, guidance for industry

Powder Springs, Ga., and Bethesda, Md., April 22, 2009 – Coding Strategies, Inc., a leading auditing, education and reference consulting firm, and CodeRyte, Inc., the premier provider of computer-assisted coding, announce today a strategic partnership to pool their collective resources to offer educational opportunities and coding expertise for the healthcare industry.

”CSI is pleased to enter into this new partnership with CodeRyte. Many of our clients have utilized CodeRyte’s services for years. Our clients indicate that they have come to rely on CodeRyte for its high level of quality and service. This alliance will provide the best solutions for coding compliance education, reference tools, auditing, consulting services and computer-assisted coding in the industry,” said Coding Strategies president Melody W. Mulaik.

The creation of the informal, referral partnership grew out of the organizations’ years of working together to present coding and reimbursement strategy seminars for the AHRA’s Leadership Institute. Coding Strategies and CodeRyte share many of the same clients and values, and were encouraged by their mutual clients to build on the momentum of the seminars and the rich content they offered.

“On behalf of everyone at CodeRyte, we are extremely proud that CSI has chosen to formalize our long-standing relationship,” said Andy Kapit, CodeRyte chief executive officer. “Not only do we share important values, but CSI’s choice to partner with CodeRyte validates the decision we made to design our system to be like the best coders: compliant, accurate and up to date not just with the most current coding but also with the most advanced NLP and Web-based technologies to ensure coding quality, enable coders and strengthen the QA process.”

About Coding Strategies, Inc.
Headquartered in Powder Springs, Ga., Coding Strategies has been providing auditing, education, reference tools and consulting services to the healthcare industry for over a decade. The company is the leader in providing coding and compliance support, serving a wide range of healthcare organizations nationwide. CSI consultants have extensive healthcare business experience and are the experts at tackling challenges that healthcare professionals face daily, such as operational, clinical, coding, compliance and reimbursement issues. Coding Strategies is also in the forefront in providing educational services and publishing specialty-specific outpatient coding guidance (including, but not limited to, Interventional Radiology, Diagnostic Radiology, Invasive Cardiology, Radiation Oncology, Medical Oncology and much more). For more information, please visit the Coding Strategies Web site www.codingstrategies.com.

About CodeRyte
CodeRyte is the premier provider of computer-assisted coding and clinical data extraction solutions for the healthcare industry. Our sophisticated technology streamlines the coding process and identifies clinically relevant information from medical records. Our clients secure their rightful reimbursement, enhance compliance and efficiency through computer-assisted coding. CodeRyte’s data extraction solutions analyze the language of physician narratives and elevate previously undiscovered data for critical treatment and business decisions. Many of the nation’s top physician practices, billing companies and academic medical centers rely on CodeRyte as the centerpiece of their coding and data mining operations.

Sophisticated technology. Superior compliance. Satisfied clients. Visit www.coderyte.com.

To learn more about Coding Strategies, Inc., and CodeRyte, visit booth No. 408 during the Health Care Compliance Association’s 13^th Annual Compliance Institute, April 26-29 in Caesars Palace, Las Vegas.

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Coding Strategies contact:
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