Offshoring may be a potentially risky cost saver for organizations
APCs Weekly Monitor, October 24, 2008
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Outsourcing medical billing, coding, and transcription overseas yields significant savings for healthcare providers, but the practice also puts patient health information beyond the reach of HIPAA.
Erica Schwalm, CPC, CPC-GENSG, CMRS, a coding and reimbursement specialist at Hamden County Physician Associates in
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