The Applied Management Systems (AMS) Health Information Management & Compliance (HIMC) group consists of professionals in the health information management field with a variety of backgrounds. AMS has former directors of medical records and health information departments, coding specialists, and credentialed licensed attorneys specializing in compliance issues. Our staff is known as experts in the field, attending and speaking at local and regional meetings, conferences and seminars.
We provide assistance to all aspects of health information management – everything from interim management and workflow analysis to billing and coding support and auditing. We also offer RAC audit assistance, implementation and support to assist hospitals with all phases of a health care reimbursement assessment.
Additionally we are specialists in the field of:
- Compliance, guiding hospitals and departments in a range of important related issues including review and revision of compliance policies, plans and procedures
- ICD-9 and CPT coding audit and documentation review
- ICD-10 education and implementation
We combine our health information management expertise and extend throughout the entire revenue cycle of the hospital to ensure that hospital best practices, processes and procedures are in place in order to collect full and appropriate reimbursement for care provided.