News Release
CodoniX introduces physician version of coding and charting software at ACEP show.
San Francisco, CA, October. 14, 2004. Based on the success of its hospital-based coding and charting system for Emergency Departments, CodoniX, Inc., is introducing a new, web-based version for use by individual ED physicians at the American College of Emergency Physicians 2004 Scientific Assembly.
CodoniXnotes replaces traditional dictation or hand-written notes with an HIPAA-compliant electronic record that captures all relevant patient history, exam results, procedures and diagnoses. Created in a matter of minutes, it provides an easy-to-read narrative chart that's completely coded and ready to bill.
By reducing the incidence of under-coding or missed diagnoses, CodoniXnotes has the ability to immediately increase a physician's rate of reimbursement. In fact, CodoniX is so confident it will allow them to do this, it offers a money-back guarantee.
According to CodoniX CEO, Bill Boles, "the original CodoniX Coding and Charting System has been used at hospitals nation-wide for more than five years to record over a million patient visits. Depending on the facility's prior level of billing efficiency," he states, "it has consistently increased their recovery of lost revenue by up to 30 percent and even more.
"Now that we've made this same coding application available to individual practitioners, we see no reason why they shouldn't be just as successful at increasing their billings."
CodoniX Founder, Andrew Muchmore, M.D, adds that "Physicians have been wanting a full-featured EMR for use in the E.D. for years. For a variety of reasons, however, hospitals have been slow in implementing a system for them.
"CodoniXnotes, on the other hand, provides a solution they can start using right away that's already been proven in hospitals across the country. And since hospital reimbursements will rise along with physicians' " plus the fact facilities will save from four to six dollars per chart by eliminating dictation and transcription " it's a win-win situation for everybody."
But the bottom line, Boles emphasizes, is that eliminating the time-consuming and tedious necessity of making handwritten notes or performing dictation frees up physician time so they can spend more time with their patients. "That," he says, "is better healthcare, hands-down."
Developed by physicians for physicians, CodoniXnotes for the E.D. incorporates a comprehensive base of medical knowledge that is updated regularly. Featuring an intuitive, point-and-click navigation system, it mirrors the way physicians already practice medicine, and most users can learn its basic functions in under an hour using the self-paced, on-line tutorial.
Physicians who are interested can find out more about CodoniXnotes on-line at www.codonixnotes.com, where they can view a demonstration video and try out the application with a no-obligation, 24-hour test drive to chart their own actual patient visits. Physicians who are interested can register for a 30-day free trial, after which, they can continue to use it for only $89/mon.
Headquartered in Potomac, MD, CodoniX, Inc. (www.codonix.com) is a privately held company with a proprietary technology that can be accessed on a local area network or via the Internet to accurately build and code a computerized physician's notes without using complex menus and rigid templates. These notes reduce errors and dramatically increase collections and cut administrative costs associated with dictation, transcription, coding and copying. Other medical specialty documentation applications are available for orthopedics, obstetrics/gynecology, family practice and urgent care.
CodoniX, Inc.
Steve Speights
PO Box 59050
Potomac, MD 20859
(800) 495-7270
e-mail: Stephens@codonix.com
web: www.codonix.com