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Press Releases
Hamot Medical Center Selects PHNS for
Onsite Coding Compliance Audits
DALLAS,
TX- December 15, 2006 – Hamot Medical Center (HMC),
a 343-bed hospital located in Erie, Pennsylvania, has selected
PHNS to provide an onsite audit of their emergency department
coding division of their Health Information Management (HIM)
department. PHNS will provide HMC with a thorough review of
emergency department medical records to ensure accuracy in
documentation and applied coding, as well as to provide any
necessary recommendations and education to the coding staff.
In
addition, HMC’s Primary Care Network has selected PHNS to
provide an audit of medical records for one of their newest
physician practice groups. PHNS will provide HMC’s Primary Care
Network with a thorough review of physician practice medical
records to ensure accuracy in documentation and applied coding,
as well as to provide any necessary recommendations and
education to the physicians and office staff.
About HMC: HMC, celebrating its 125th anniversary
this past July, continues to provide comprehensive, superior
healthcare services for people in Erie County, Pennsylvania, as
well as the Tri-State (New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio) area. In
2006, HMC was rated by U.S. News & World Reports as one of
America's Best Hospitals - Heart and Heart Surgery and received
from HealthGrades™ the Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical
Excellence™ and Cardiac Care, Critical Care, Gastrointestinal
Care, Pulmonary Care, Stroke Care, Vascular Care Excellence
Awards™. In additional to providing exceptional healthcare in
these areas, HMC also provides extraordinary care in a variety
of other fields, including general surgery, orthopedics,
internal medicine, ophthalmology, emergency medicine, nuclear
medicine and related diagnostic services, rehabilitation
services, and occupational medicine.
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) 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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