Hello All:
This afternoon, I was asked "What do I think about EMR's" and the coders role? I responded that I do believe coders will still be needed regardless if a practice has an EMR. I was then told that " a coders role will be eliminated, don't you think"? I said no.
The conversation quickly turned to "how can we utilize coders for ACO's". This person thinks we as coders should start to concern ourselves with this type of work and stop focusing on e/m's because as it was put to me " providers are going to start being paid based on patients disease/ disease process and the outcomes.
I honestly haven't really thought too much about ACO's although I know its' an up and coming trend in the insurance world.
So I pose a question to the rest of the coding world ( per se) What do you think the impact of ACO's will have on coders? Will this change our work process/focus from fee for service?
Just looking for some opininons/thoughts....
This afternoon, I was asked "What do I think about EMR's" and the coders role? I responded that I do believe coders will still be needed regardless if a practice has an EMR. I was then told that " a coders role will be eliminated, don't you think"? I said no.
The conversation quickly turned to "how can we utilize coders for ACO's". This person thinks we as coders should start to concern ourselves with this type of work and stop focusing on e/m's because as it was put to me " providers are going to start being paid based on patients disease/ disease process and the outcomes.
I honestly haven't really thought too much about ACO's although I know its' an up and coming trend in the insurance world.
So I pose a question to the rest of the coding world ( per se) What do you think the impact of ACO's will have on coders? Will this change our work process/focus from fee for service?
Just looking for some opininons/thoughts....