Description
The Indian Health Services (IHS) is seeking a vendor to provide remote medical coding services for the Zuni Comprehensive Community Health Center. The vendor will be responsible for coding patient encounters, including primary care, urgent care, ER, observations, PT/OT, Podiatry, Dental, Optometry, Women’s health, and other specialties. The estimated number of coders required is between 1-4, depending on the projected workload. The contract has a base period and two option periods. The vendor will be required to provide weekly coordination with the HIM Supervisor and submit reports as necessary to support productivity status, workload issues, deficiencies, documentation gaps, and compliance concerns.
• The vendor will be paid on a firm-fixed price per completed action, with a maximum estimated quantity of 124,800.
• The vendor will be required to have experience with Current Dental Terminology (ADA) and will be expected to code approximately 5% of total encounters that require dental coding services.
• The vendor will be required to provide remote medical coding services, with the option to staff higher than the requested 1-4 coders to address coding backlogs.
• The vendor will be required to have an Interconnect Security Agreement (ISA) and will be provided with onboarding instructions and security access requirements by the Government.