EZDI/Auburn Community Hospital Partner to Optimize Revenue Cycle and Coding Workflow.
With the implementation of ICD-10, ACH desired to take a proactive posture to protect productivity and revenue cycle post the transition
50%
decrease in (DNFC) days
4.59%
increase in CMI
>50%
Improvement in coder efficiency.
Auburn Community Hospital (ACH) is a 99-bed, not-for-profit, acute care facility serving a population of approximately 80,000.
Challenge
Auburn was facing several challenges related to coding workflow, manual worklists, coders/CDI traversing multiple applications like McKesson Paragon, HPF, 3M, Navigant in capture of correct diagnosis, case assignments, etc.
Solution
NLP driven EZDI's CAC proved a perfect solutions to resolve the many coding workflow and code assignment challenges. Customizable and easy to configure workflows and worklists helped coders and DRG analysts significantly improve efficiency.
