Outsourcing HIM functions to Europe. A perilous Atlantic crossing.

摘要

Somewhere in the United States, a small independent hospital contracts with an Irish company to code medical records for billing. The records are sent in electronic format to Ireland, where employees read and code the records and then return the coded records to the hospital. Bills are generated, submitted, and paid, saving thousands of dollars in coding costs. By all appearances, this is-or should be-a sound and relatively uncomplicated business transaction. Why isn't it?