Dolbey: Fusion CAC powered by EMscribe

Fusion CAC™ is a new, computer-assisted coding solution that utilizes natural language processing (NLP) and exclusive patented algorithmic software to electronically analyze entire medical charts to pre-code with both CPT procedure and ICD9 diagnostic nomenclatures. Manual coders, enhanced with the results of Fusion CAC™, easily approve or amend the automatic results to reduce effort by as much as 80%. This reduced effort translates directly to a reduction in the time between discharge and revenue capture while also translating into cost savings from outsourcing.

The Fusion CAC™ solution utilizes the powerful and fast coding engine, EMscribe™, which has been designed to integrate with a hospital’s existing coding system.

Fusion CAC™ can increase your coder’s performance reducing the time to code charts. This time savings can have a direct impact on your revenue cycle by decreasing your discharged but not final billed backlog and with other potential savings by eliminating dependency on outsourcing, reducing human coding errors and automating Present On Admission (POA) reporting.

Inpatient and Outpatient

Both inpatient and outpatient charts can be pre-coded with ICD9 and CPT codes. This process does not replace the human coder; they will verify or edit the codes suggested by Fusion CAC. This decreases a coder’s time per chart while reducing the human coder variability, common in the medical coding practice. Once the verification process is complete, Fusion integrates with your existing coding system to complete the process.

A Digital Coding Solution

Fusion CAC™ integrates with your document management and clinical systems creating a digital workplace for on-site and off-site coders. Once the chart coding event is completed, the entire chart is saved within Fusion CAC and is now searchable. Every resulting ICD9 or CPT code, rendered by the system, is hyperlinked and cross-referenced back to the reports, keywords and phrases providing the supporting documentation. This exclusive functionality saves time and complexity during internal or external coding audits.

Benefits of Fusion CAC™

Optimizing Medical Coding Process to Increase Revenue

Fusion CAC™ is a Computer-Assisted Coding (CAC) solution that scans documents
containing medical phrases and matches them to appropriate ICD9-CM diagnostic and
procedure, CPT codes. It is the only automated coding solution specifically designed for
inpatient and outpatient hospital coding requirements and covers all clinical disciplines
and subspecialties.


The solution’s patent pending natural language technology matches not only routine
medical terminology to appropriate codes, but colloquial terms or slang that physicians
use as well. As a result, over-coding and under-coding errors are reduced because the
software “understands” when the use of a medical term represents a codeable event
and when it should be ignored.


Linking All Patient Chart Information to Streamline Billing Process

Fusion CAC™ uses a unique data extraction engine that allows it to connect and
retrieve information from all pertinent systems within a hospital. This enables all patient
chart information that resides in various systems to be presented in a single electronic
view to coders. Without this capability, coders may need to access different systems or
re-enter information in order to process accounts. Using Fusion CAC™, hospitals can
experience enhanced data flow through, diminished billing cycle time and an overall
increase in productivity and efficiency.


Enabling Electronic Health Record Capabilities in Today’s Environment

A data extraction engine also provides the foundation for an Electronic Health Record
(EHR) by automatically extracting patient chart information from existing free text
narratives. This is unlike other EHR solutions that require information be constrained to
the fields of a template, With Fusion CAC™ an EHR is built up from existing documents.
This means health care professionals do not have to change the way they currently do
their jobs and allows hospitals to build on their existing IT infrastructure.