In today’s healthcare landscape, coding departments are stretched thin, facing increasing demands with limited resources. The ever-expanding volume of outpatient ancillary coding makes it nearly impossible for teams to keep up. Staffing shortages are forcing management to shift coders to more complex patient types. This leaves simple ancillary charts unprocessed and causes Discharge Not Final Billed (DNFB) rates to rise.
Automating the Coding of Simple Outpatient Visits
Dolbey’s Fusion CAC offers AutoClose, a game-changing autonomous coding process designed to ease the pressure on coding teams by automatically handling simpler outpatient visits. This technology takes straightforward chart types and submits them directly to billing, reducing the need for manual intervention. By automating high-volume, low-complexity charts, AutoClose allows coding departments to focus their skilled resources on more complex cases that truly require human expertise.
Process Charts in Seconds
AutoClose operates 24/7, 365 days a year, processing charts within seconds and submitting them directly to billing. This rapid turnaround accelerates time-to-cash by allowing charts to reach payors sooner, improving the overall financial performance of your organization.
Boost Productivity Without Additional Staff
Many organizations using AutoClose process an average of 10,000 or more charts per month, equivalent to about 120,000 outpatient visits per year without coder intervention. This automated approach can reduce the workload by an estimated 2.5 FTEs, effectively giving you a coder that never takes a vacation or sick day.
Address Staffing Shortages
With coding departments often overwhelmed, AutoClose helps manage the workload without sacrificing the limited staff you have. It enables you to capitalize on simple chart types, ensuring that simple cases are handled efficiently while your coders focus on more complex tasks.
Improve Revenue Cycle Performance
By reducing the number of charts requiring manual coding, AutoClose has a direct, positive impact on your DNFB rates and overall revenue cycle performance. It ensures that simple charts are promptly addressed, helping your organization capture revenue that might otherwise be delayed.
Empower Coders to Focus on Complex Cases
While some may worry that automation could replace coders, human expertise is still crucial. AutoClose allows coding teams to focus their skills on complicated cases that require in-depth attention, elevating their role in the overall coding process.
Key Benefits of AutoClose
Impact and Outcomes of AutoClose
AutoClose, a feature of Fusion CAC, represents a strategic solution for organizations struggling with staffing shortages and rising chart volumes. By automating the processing of routine outpatient visits, AutoClose streamlines operations, reduces manual workload, and accelerates billing—all without sacrificing the quality of coding.
- Faster submission of charts to payors, reducing AR days.
- Significant reductions in DNFB rates.
- The ability to reallocate coders to more complex cases, maximizing the value of skilled staff.
- Improved overall efficiency, allowing coding departments to manage growing volumes with existing resources
Organizations using AutoClose experience
With Fusion CAC’s AutoClose, you’re not just adding a tool, you’re gaining a virtual coder that works tirelessly around the clock, propelling your revenue cycle forward and maximizing the impact of your team’s hard work.
