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Press Releases
LSU HCSD’s Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center selects PHNS to Provide Health
Information Management Consulting Services
Dallas, TX - April 11, 2007 -
Louisiana State University Health Care Services Division’s Leonard J. Chabert Medical
Center (LJC), a flagship of Disease Management within the LSU HCSD Disease Management
Programs in Diabetes, Asthma, HIV-AIDS and Cancer Screening, has chosen PHNS to provide
comprehensive coding auditing and interim management services for its Health Information
Management (HIM) department. PHNS will provide LJC with experienced, credentialed HIM
professionals to perform thorough reviews of medical record coding to ensure accuracy
in documentation and applied coding and to oversee the operations of the HIM department
and implementation of new technology.
PHNS’ HIM Division currently provides interim staff placement, coding, auditing, education,
release of information, records management and transcription services for over 385 healthcare
customers. All services are offered on an “as needed” basis or on a full service outsourcing
relationship.
About LJC and LSU Health Care Services Division:
Louisiana State University Health Care Services Division (LSU HCSD) consists of eight hospitals
throughout the State of Louisiana. It provides quality medical care to residents of Louisiana,
regardless of income or insurance coverage; and it provides for the State's medical and clinical
education needs, thereby ensuring all Louisianans the availability of well-trained health professionals.
LJC was built to serve the health care needs of the populations of Terrebonne, Lafourche, Assumption,
western St. James and eastern St. Mary parishes. The hospital is licensed for 147 beds, and is a Joint
Commission accredited institution. See
www.lsuhospitals.org for additional information about LSU HCSD and LJC.
About PHNS:
PHNS provides comprehensive healthcaring solutions for hospitals including information technology,
health information management (including medical record management and storage, transcription, coding,
release of information and electronic medical record services), advisory services and receivables management
services. Serving more than 400 U.S. hospitals, PHNS creates business-healthy hospitals by improving operations,
enhancing technology, providing capital dollars and increasing cash on hand. This allows hospitals to focus on
their core competency--patient care. PHNS is a national healthcare services company headquartered in Dallas, Texas.
See www.phns.com for additional information about PHNS.
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