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#82116 - 10/01/07 07:08 AM coding outsourcing?
JJ3
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Registered: 04/01/01
Posts: 152
Do you think coding will be outsourced and go the way of transcription?
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#83362 - 10/19/07 04:33 PM Re: coding outsourcing? [Re: JJ3]
Linda Andrews CMT Moderator
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Registered: 12/31/69
Posts: 5006
Loc: Oklahoma City, OK US
I'm so sorry you haven't had an answer to your question. I wanted someone else to answer, because I don't have a great answer. I haven't seen it happening or heard of it happening. Anything can happen though.

On a happier note, our transcription graduates are not suffering because of outsourcing. I think part of it is being at the right place with the right skills at the right time. Those who don't have the right skills are at risk from any number of things, probably one of the least of which is outsourcing.

My assessment is, get the best skills you can get. I believe that those skills can be expanded and modified over the years as changes happen. Changes do happen. I remember transcription on a typewriter.

So I probably didn't answer your question. This is the best I can do at the moment. We'll hope someone smarter will come along, or at least someone with a working crystal ball. \:D
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#86408 - 12/05/07 11:32 AM Re: coding outsourcing? [Re: Linda Andrews CMT]
mavis
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Registered: 01/23/03
Posts: 328
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Yes. I know of two hospitals in my area that use agency coders. AFAIK, at this time they still send the coders on site to the hospital, the way that transcription services did in the days before remote transcription evolved. But yes, IMO, coding will go the way of transcription -- being paid per unit, working off site, tying benefits to production, etc, etc.
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