What makes ZHealth Publishing different is our exclusive focus on interventional, cardiovascular, and endovascular surgery procedure coding - and our experience both as practitioners and as medical coders.
These are perhaps the most complex Medicare compliance and reimbursement areas where medical professionals often need coding assistance. ZHealth Publishing provides a
comprehensive set of coding products and services to assist you in receiving the most appropriate reimbursement and staying in compliance with coding regulations. In addition to our
coding products, ZHealth also provides specialized coding services.
Dr. Zielske heads up the CVIR (Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology) division that focuses solely on assisting hospitals and physician practices with the correct procedure coding of complex special procedures typically performed in the angiography suite, the cardiac catheterization lab, and the operating room.
This is accomplished through coding audits, customized education, and on-site charging and coding process re-engineering. Over the past ten years, Dr. Zielske and his colleagues have worked with hundreds of hospitals, physician groups, and other healthcare providers nationwide to deliver a range of CVIR coding and compliance reviews (audits), retrospective and prospective coding services, and educational programs dedicated to improving compliance with government payor regulations and assuring appropriate reimbursement for the services provided. In addition, ZHealth provides specialty consultancy arrangements to help healthcare facilities by improving the effectiveness of their revenue cycle process.
- Coding Audit & Assessment Programs – offering provider organizations with a way to accurately assess the coding/charging accuracy and determine both reimbursement, financial, and compliance risks in these areas
- Best Practices Re-engineering & Process Improvement Programs – comprehensive yet low-cost programs offering provider organizations with a structured and proven work processing re-engineering methodology for implementing work process changes and development personnel skills to successfully handle these very complex coding areas
- Educational Support Programs – for facilities and practices that are confident in their level of specialty coding expertise to assist them in staying proficient by providing essential on-going education and feedback on improvements via quarterly case sampling reviews, quarterly teleconference education sessions with our physicians, a monthly newsletter specific to their Medicare Contractor, access to three of the ZHealth Publishing monthly webinars, a 3-book package of Dr. Z's Medical Coding Series, and a seat at one of the ZHealth Publishing quarterly national seminars
- Retrospective Coding Corrective Action Programs – for organizations that have identified a potential reimbursement or compliance issue and require assistance in identifying and correcting historical cases
- Outsourced Coding Programs – offering a coding outsource alternative to organizations that do not wish to undertake the implementation of an internal work process change program themselves.
