Company to Showcase Actus®, its Leading, Custom Coding Product for Emergency Medicine
--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- A-Life Medical, Inc.:
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A-Life Medical, Inc., the pioneer in and leading provider of computer-assisted coding (CAC) products and services for the healthcare industry. | ||
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A-Life Medical to showcase its CAC capabilities to the Emergency Medicine marketplace at leading industry trade association platform. | ||
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SEPTEMBER 28-OCTOBER 1, 2010 |
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AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS (ACEP) SCIENTIFIC ASSEMBLY |
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Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino |
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3950 Las Vegas Blvd. South |
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Las Vegas, NV 89119 |
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BOOTH 1730 |
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CAC is a growing component within the healthcare information management, technology and reimbursement sector. | ||
| During this convention, A-Life will be demonstrating its Actus® for Emergency Medicine (a component of its Actus application suite). The Actus application suite is a patented, computerized coding and workflow management tool that can increase coder productivity by up to 300% through improved coding automation, consistency and compliance. Actus’ emergency medicine application allows EM physicians and those engaged in billing for this sector to appropriately code claims more efficiently, accurately and quickly. This results in significant administrative cost savings, increased reimbursement, lower labor costs, enhanced compliance adherence and improved productivity. | |||
| With 600,000 physicians and 88,000 medical coders currently in the U.S., medical coding costs now total $8 billion annually. A-Life’s technology has the potential to save providers 35% or $2.8 billion, based on its accuracy, efficiency and ability to enhance productivity using its proprietary technology. | |||
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ACEP, with more than 28,000 members, is the oldest and largest national medical specialty organization representing physicians who practice emergency medicine. |
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A-Life Medical pioneered the CAC sector. The company uses its proprietary and patented Natural Language Processing (NLP) technology to decipher electronic transcribed patient encounters via the Internet through its data center, which are then appropriately coded for reimbursement purposes. A-Life’s solutions address medical coding needs within the radiology, emergency medicine, pathology, cardiology and hospital sectors. The company processes more than five million transactions monthly, has thousands of users and provides coding services to more than 40,000 physicians nationwide. Its customers include medical billing companies, physician groups, university medical centers and hospitals. |
CONTACT:
A-Life Medical, Inc.
Susan Lewis, 303-804-0494
[email protected]
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