According to 1A Podcast, “The Way We Work,” one out of five (1/5) US workers are contract or freelance workers.1 The health care industry has used contract workers in a variety of roles, cancer registry included.

Each new year brings new changes and advancements in the world of cancer registry abstraction, and 2018 is no different.

A regional Medicare Advantage Blue plan had sourced risk adjustment analytics, retrieval and coding services from multiple vendors. The client faced challenges in managing these services, and had a substantial vendor management overhead.

Rising costs and decreased revenue have forced hospital executives to address their release of information process. While an in-house service might be preferred, ROI analysis is key to making an informed decision.

Ciox supported Texas-based CHRISTUS Spohn Health System with documentation review and audit training that improved data quality by 8% and capturable revenue by millions of dollars.

Looking to generate revenue by centralizing ROI, but worried about managing record delivery and invoicing, Florida Hospital staff teamed up with Ciox to manage the back-end of their process.

The Ciox platform is uniquely positioned to access, facilitate and improve the management and exchange of protected health information.

Rising costs and new regulations may push providers to consider outside resources to manage release of information. Ciox offers some key points to consider related to remote ROI.

Regardless of provider size, health information often lives in silos, challenging standardization. Centralizing HIM operations requires a collaborative, enterprise-wide commitment.

In its goal of achieving "Best in Class" IT capabilities, Ciox Health goes above and beyond industry security and compliance standards to implement regular internal and third-party audits.

A shrinking talent pool of cancer registry professionals is exacerbating reporting backlogs in many provider organizations. A commitment to support training may be the best path forward.

In light of the shift to value-based, coordinated accountable care, trust remains a challenge between health plans and providers. Open, honest communications could bridge the gap.

Brown University turned to Ciox to assist with one of the largest clinical trials in history - the abstraction and analysis of 53,000 smokers on the benefits of targeted CT scans.

Increasing management demands brought on by ICD-10, Meaningful Use and HIPAA pushed this Philadelphia provider to reconsider having multiple HIM partners.