SAN DIEGO, Oct. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- A-Life Medical Inc., the leading provider of Natural Language Processing (NLP) based solutions for the healthcare industry, today announced the release of automated coding for interventional radiology procedures through A-Life’s Actus(TM) Application Suite.
“With this release, we are helping our customers address the critical shortage of qualified interventional radiology coders. Beyond the shortage of interventional coders, it can take up to forty five minutes to code an interventional report. Our patented NLP technology can read and assign compliant ICD-9 and CPT(R) codes in less than a second. This enhancement to the Actus(TM) product demonstrates our commitment to deliver quality solutions that directly benefit our customers’ bottom line,” stated David Byrd A-Life’s VP of Sales and Marketing.
This new functionality seamlessly integrates with the Actus(TM) application suite, providing complete coding workflow for both diagnostic and interventional medical records in radiology. This release is simultaneous with the annual ICD-9 code updates, which go into effect on October 1, 2005.
“With the addition of interventional coding to our product portfolio, the Actus(TM) application suite has again raised the bar for coding workflow solutions. Our rich portfolio of management tools includes coder productivity reports which allow customers to manage coder resources to peak performance; an executive dashboard which provides immediate, ‘at a glance’ views of all key performance barometers; and an alert manager, which automates mundane tasks via an automated notification system allowing managers to focus on critical business issues,” stated Jerry McCorkle, A-Life’s VP of Client Services and Operations.
About A-Life Medical
A-Life Medical is the leading provider of advanced Natural Language Processing, or NLP, for the healthcare industry. A-Life’s products extract meaning from unstructured free text and automate tedious, complicated and labor intensive tasks. A-Life’s mission is to provide world-class solutions to streamline and automate the code to bill process and to fundamentally advance the way the healthcare industry gathers, applies and reports on patient information. A-Life is a private company headquartered in San Diego, California. For more information about A-Life and its products, call 858.812.3200 or visit A-Life’s website at www.alifemedical.com.
Contact: David Byrd A-Life Medical Tel: (858) 812-3200 ext. 5 sales@alifemedical.com
A-Life Medical Inc.
CONTACT: David Byrd of A-Life Medical, +1-858-812-3200, ext. 5,sales@alifemedical.com
Web site: http://www.alifemedical.com/
