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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ATLANTA, Georgia (October
26, 2009) — CODING METRIXSM announces the release of online coding
courses for just $99. Never before has quality coding education been so
affordable. If you or your organization has been thinking of trying Coding
Metrix, now is the time.
Regularly priced at $189, this special pricing will allow
users to make the first move forward and realize the benfits quality coding
education can provide. Individuals will learn how to prevent missed revenue,
earn CEUs from any Internet connection and stand out with professional growth.
Healthcare organizations will have the ability to determine coders' strengths
and weaknesses, provide the same quality training to all of their employees,
and measure progress through easy reporting features.*
Limited time offer, applies only to courses priced at $189 or higher, cannot
be combined with any other offer. *Some restrictions apply.
Order online (use code MMSV99) or contact
us today for more information. 1.877.8.METRIX
About Coding Metrix: Coding Metrix Inc. (Metrix) is a privately owned company, headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, that is committed to specialty education for medical coding in the U.S. healthcare provider market. Coding Metrix is the leader in online training for specialty-specific outpatient coding (including but not limited to Pain Management, Interventional Radiology, Invasive Cardiology, Radiation Oncology and much more). Coding Metrix works with leading subject matter coding experts for each curriculum specialty. Course authors are brought together from a variety of organizations to work collectively to develop unique specialty-focused training courses. These nationally recognized consultants have backgrounds in coding, compliance, insurance, finance, billing, operations, practice management, etc., and each are published authors in their respective fields. Coding Metrix provides HIM directors, coding professionals, compliance officers and anyone responsible for medical coding with e-learning opportunities for specialty coding.
Coding Metrix Announces a New Release
for Online Education and Assessments to Ensure Proper Reimbursement for
Pain Management
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
ATLANTA, Georgia (March 2, 2009) — Coding Metrix Inc, the leader in online training for specialty-specific outpatient coding, announces the newest curriculum in its education repertoire – Pain Management. “During tough economic times, it is critical that organizations ensure accurate coding and prevent missing revenue. We are excited about the release of the new Pain Management curriculum and what it will mean not only to the coding community, but to all those responsible for proper reimbursement. Coding Metrix is designed to reinforce existing knowledge and expand learning opportunities through visually unique, interactive sessions” said Melody W. Mulaik, President, Coding Metrix, Inc.
Coding Metrix courses not only offer education to those directly responsible for medical coding, they also provide management with an easy and effective method to measure employee strengths and/or weaknesses within specific sub-specialties, track progression through the material and determine areas in which more training may be required to help ensure appropriate reimbursement. As with all of Coding Metrix curricula, the courses contain state of the art graphics, actual cases studies, sample documents, and multiple choice exercises.
Dr. Arnold Weil of Non-Surgical Orthopaedics, P. C. states “The Coding Metrix Pain Management courses contain a wealth of information to help staff bill correctly for pain services, including procedure descriptions, documentation guidelines, coding rules, and reimbursement issues like bundling and coverage restrictions. These courses will help any practice or clinic improve their collection of appropriate payments, reduce collection appeals, and avoid potential compliance risks.”
The Pain Management Curriculum, developed in collaboration with well known pain management expert Marvel Hammer RN, CPC, CCS-P, PCS, ACS-PM, CHCO, is a comprehensive training program that provides users with in-depth information on the most frequently performed pain management procedures and services. The curriculum begins with an overview course that provides the user with basic principles and key terms for pain management. The second course, Pain Management Patient Visits, covers coding principles for visit services, including consultations, office/outpatient visits, and related services. Next, Diagnosis Coding covers the proper assignment of ICD-9-CM diagnosis codes for the conditions for which pain management specialists commonly provide services. Spinal Procedures I and II present the procedure coding guidelines for diagnostic and therapeutic spinal injections. The fifth course in the curriculum, Other Chronic Pain Injections, presents coding guidelines for trigger point injections, peripheral nerve blocks, and related services. The Implanted Pumps and Neurostimulators course covers implanted infusion pumps as well as spinal and peripheral neurostimulators. Finally, the Other Chronic Pain Procedures course covers the billing guidelines for drugs, nerve conduction studies, EMGs and other miscellaneous pain services.
Coding Metrix is please to announce that selected courses from the Pain Management curricula have been approved for nationally recognized Continuing Education Units (CEUs). More details about each of the Pain Management courses can be found at www.codingmetrix.com/coursecatalog.htm#pm.
Contact:
Cameron Harrison, Marketing Director
cameron.harrison@codingstrategies.com
1-877-8-METRIX
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About Coding Metrix: Coding Metrix Inc. (Metrix) is a privately owned company, headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, that is committed to specialty education for medical coding in the U.S. healthcare provider market. Coding Metrix is the leader in online training for specialty-specific outpatient coding (including but not limited to Pain Management, Interventional Radiology, Invasive Cardiology, Radiation Oncology and much more). Coding Metrix employees collectively offer more than 100 years of experience with specialty coding education. Coding Metrix works with leading subject matter coding experts for each curriculum specialty. Course authors are brought together from a variety of organizations to work collectively to develop unique specialty-focused training courses. These nationally recognized consultants have backgrounds in coding, compliance, insurance, finance, billing, operations, practice management, etc. and each are published authors in their respective fields. Coding Metrix provides HIM directors, coding professionals, compliance officers and anyone responsible for medical coding with e-learning opportunities for specialty coding.
Elsevier/MC Strategies and Coding Metrix Announce a New Alliance for Online Coding Education and Assessment Solutions
E-learning partnership will launch six new courses by January 2009
Atlanta, GA. – October 31, 2008 – Elsevier/MC Strategies (EMCS), a leader in healthcare e-learning, has partnered with industry expert Coding Metrix to deliver comprehensive, online training courses that focus on educating specialty coders. This unique e-learning partnership will present directors and managers with a cost effective, convenient alternative to traditional offsite education for their coding staff .Delivered through Elsevier/MC Strategies’ Learning Management System (LMS), the Coding Metrix courses offer on-line skills development using dictated reports and interactive learning exercises that allow users to gain a complete understanding of the coding requirements within each specialty.
The Elsevier/MC Strategies and Coding Metrix alliance is slated to launch six new e-learning products between November 2008 and January 2009. On November 5, 2008, the companies will debut their initial, highly anticipated course offering, Interventional Radiology. A staged launch of the remaining five courses will follow, including Invasive Cardiology, Radiation Oncology, Diagnostic Radiology, Pain Management and Medical Oncology.
Elsevier/MC Strategies' clients will have the opportunity to include this coding education as part of their existing or new online training programs. "We believe that education and training are fundamental to solving the issues facing the healthcare industry, states Barbara Nelson Cullen, Vice President of Healthcare E-Learning for Elsevier/MC Strategies. “We are delighted about this new alliance which further strengthens our capability to offer our clients comprehensive training that will encourage coding accuracy and compliance."
“Coding Metrix fills a gap for training and assessing the skills of specialty medical coding professionals,” declares Coding Metrix President Melody W. Mulaik. “We are excited to work with Elsevier/MC Strategies to provide our online courses through their LMS system and in an easy-to-understand format to ensure education through visually unique, interactive sessions.”
Coding Metrix online training courses offer continuing education units (CEUs) for each course, as well as scored self-assessments that allow users to automatically print onscreen certificates of completion. The e-courses are a way to ensure that all users have easy access to specialty coding training, while enjoying the benefit of self-paced instruction.
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About
Elsevier/MC Strategies
Headquartered in Atlanta,
GA, MC Strategies/Elsevier has been
providing web-based training and education
products and services to the healthcare
industry since 1986. The company is
a pioneer in providing e-learning
solutions that serve a client base
of over 1,300 healthcare organizations
nationwide, including integrated health-delivery
networks, hospitals, academic institutions
and the federal government. MC Strategies
offers a wide range of courses to
meet the clinical, non-clinical and
professional education needs of healthcare
organizations and their staff. As
a division of Elsevier Health Sciences,
home to some of the world’s
premier names in healthcare publishing
such as Mosby and Saunders, our educational
offerings continue to grow. For more
information, please visit the MC Strategies
website (www.mcstrategies.com).
About
Elsevier
Elsevier is a world-leading
publisher of scientific, technical
and medical information products and
services. Working in partnership with
the global science and health communities,
Elsevier’s 7,000 employees in
over 70 offices worldwide publish
more than 2,000 journals and 1,900
new books per year, in addition to
offering a suite of innovative electronic
products, such as ScienceDirect (www.sciencedirect.com),
MD Consult (www.mdconsult.com),
Scopus (www.info.scopus.com),
bibliographic databases, and online
reference works.
Elsevier (www.elsevier.com) is a global business headquartered in Amsterdam, The Netherlands and has offices worldwide. Elsevier is part of Reed Elsevier Group plc (www.reedelsevier.com), a world-leading publisher and information provider. Operating in the science and medical, legal, education and business-to-business sectors, Reed Elsevier provides high-quality and flexible information solutions to users, with increasing emphasis on the Internet as a means of delivery. Reed Elseviers ticker symbols are REN (Euronext Amsterdam), REL (London Stock Exchange), RUK and ENL (New York Stock Exchange).
About
Coding Metrix
Coding Metrix Inc.
(Metrix) is a privately owned company,
headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia,
that is committed to specialty education
for medical coding in the U.S. healthcare
provider market. Coding Metrix is
the leader in online training for
specialty-specific outpatient coding
(including but not limited to Interventional
Radiology, Invasive Cardiology, Radiation
Oncology and much more). Coding Metrix
employees collectively offer more
than 100 years of experience with
specialty coding education. Coding
Metrix works with leading subject
matter coding experts for each curriculum
specialty. Course authors are brought
together from a variety of organizations
to work collectively to develop unique
specialty-focused training courses.
These nationally recognized consultants
have backgrounds in coding, compliance,
insurance, finance, billing, operations,
practice management, etc. Each of
them are published authors in their
respective fields.
Coding Metrix provides HIM directors,
coding professionals and anyone responsible
for medical coding with e-learning
opportunities for specialty coding.
Each Coding Metrix course is designed
to teach with a real-world perspective
of specialty coding. Users learn from
detailed coding instruction, actual
dictated reports and exercises throughout
each course to gain a complete understanding
of each presented coding concept.
In addition, management reports are
optional and available online for
each user and course to track progress
and last date/time an employee accessed
each course. Coding Metrix online
courses give mangement the opportunity
to provide all their employees with
the specialty training they need and
measure the their progress. READ MORE
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Contact: Cameron Massey, Director of Marketing
Coding Metrix Inc.
cameron.massey@codingmetrix.com
1.877.863.8749 phone
108 Ext
NOW
APPROVED FOR RCC CEUS!
Collectively Metrix Radiology
curriculums are now approved for a total of 102 RCC CEUs!
- Diagnostic Radiology - 57 Total CEUs!
- Interventional Radiology - 45 Total CEUs!
*The Radiology Coding Certification Board has accepted the Diagnostic Radiology program for a total of 57 hours and the Interventional Radiology program for a total of 45 hours of continuing education credits towards RCCB recertification.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: (Atlanta, G.A. – August 8, 2007) - Coding Metrix, Inc. is pleased to announce that the RCCB has granted approval of 57 CEU credits (total) for the online Diagnostic Radiology Curriculum. Radiology Certified Coders (RCCs) will now receive an average of 6 hours per Diagnostic Radiology course towards RCCB recertification.
Metrix users may also earn their RCC CEUs by taking the Interventional Radiology courses, as it has also been granted approval for 45 CEUs credits (total).
Coding Metrix offers a range of specialty online courses for healthcare professionals. According to Melody Mulaik, President and CEO of Coding Metrix, “These CEUs are a new and innovative method of delivering continuing education to the top radiology coding professionals.” Both the Interventional Radiology & Diagnostic Radiology curriculums are designed to prepare and/or reinforce an individual’s knowledge to ensure the accurate assignment of surgical and imaging procedure codes for the most frequently encountered radiology services.
Metrix Hits The Market!
Coding Metrix, Inc., hits the market with a new empowering
e-Learning system, designed to provide specialty training for medical coding!
This unique online training program is unlike other programs that are generic
in content. This fresh approach takes online training to the next level.
Users can expect to receive comprehensive training, basic to complex cases,
questions and assessments throughout each course.
"Coding Metrix fills a gap for training and assessing the skills of specialty medical coding professionals. The online courses and modules are provided in an easy-to-understand format that ensures education through visually unique, interactive sessions." - Cindy C. Parman, CPC, CPC-H, RCC
Levels
of Service
Metrix offers three distinct levels of service: Corporate,
Executive, and Individual.
- Executive - The Executive level allows organizations to purchase curriculums for a pre-defined number of users. This level is ideal for small to large organizations who desire the ability to track individual progress through assessment reports; the ability to assign courses for individual users; pre-course assessment student measurement; capability to set the passing score percentage and more! Volume discounting is available!
- Corporate - The Corporate level allows organizations to purchase unlimited curriculum(s) for their employees. This level is ideal for large organizations who desire the ability to track individual progress through assessment reports; the ability to add/delete courses for unlimited users; pre-course assessment student measurement; to integrate Metrix with their internal learning management system for complete access; capability to set the passing score percentage and more!
- Individual - The Individual level allows users to purchase an entire curriculum or individual course(s). This level is ideal for anyone who wants to learn a new specialty, test their current knowledge, earn Continuing Education Units (CEUs) and learn from actual dictated reports (a real-world look at specialty coding)! Users will be given 30-90 days (depending on the course) to work through courses at their own speed. There is a required assessment to ensure comprehension and a certificate of completion for each course.
The Specialty Experts
Coding Strategies, Inc. & Coding Metrix, Inc.
Owned and operated by the owners of Coding Strategies, Inc. (CSI), Coding Metrix is designed to provide specialty online training by the experts! CSI consultants and other recognized national coding professionals work together to develop unique specialty focused training courses! CSI consultants are the subject matter experts for several curriculums including, Interventional Radiology, Diagnostic Radiology and Radiation Oncology. Metrix is excited to work with such esteemed professionals with over 100 years of collective experience in the healthcare industry.
Metrix only selects professionals that are well known speakers
and considered the experts among their peers in each of their medical specialties
to develop courses. All of our subject matter experts are nationally recognized
consultants that have backgrounds in coding, compliance, insurance, finance,
billing, operations, practice management, etc. Each of them are published
authors in their respective fields.