title: No place like home.
abstract: To ease staffing burdens, Seton Healthcare Network established a home coding program. DNFB claims pending the health information management department's code assignment consistently decreased, reducing the organization's dollars holding by 25 percent. Decreases in contract and as-needed labor contributed to an operational cost savings of about $200,000 per year. The organization was able to fill all of its coding vacancies.
authors.affiliation: Seton Healthcare Network, Austin, Tex., USA.
authors.forename: Teresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Benavidez
authors.forename: Beth
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Friedman
mesh_terms: D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D008497:Medical Record Administrators / Q000191:economics / Q000523:psychology / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D008499:Medical Records / Q000145:classification*; D008500:Medical Records Department, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009096:Multi-Institutional Systems / Q000458:organization & administration; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D020416:Outsourced Services / Q000191:economics; D010558:Personnel Loyalty; D013781:Texas; D000078329:Workforce; D017132:Workplace