The urgency to submit accurately coded medical claims for insurance reimbursement necessitates hospitals to use COMFORCE credentialed and experienced Health Insurance Management Coders. COMFORCE coders are used to handle claims backlogs, staffing vacancies and peak workloads. Due to the demand and the national shortage of trained coders hospitals welcome the opportunity to reimburse and to have COMFORCE make all travel and housing arrangements so that pre-screened coders are delivered promptly to their doorsteps.

Coders traveling to the hospital sites anywhere in the country ensures timely claims filing and payments. COMFORCE National HIM Coding Division provides coders for inpatient medical records, ambulatory surgery, emergency room, evaluation and management and ancillary coding services including abstracting. Interim management, coding education, audits and remote at home coding services are also available as needs expand and recruiting shortages mount.

Telecommuting has made the remote coding option a viable and reliable recruiting source for coders working at home and who are unable to accept travel assignments. It is estimated that 23% of the country’s workforce worked at least one day a month at home in 2005, up from 12% in 2000. This workstyle benefits workers and hospitals alike and will help to alleviate the backlog of hundreds of thousands of dollars in uncoded and unfiled medical claims.