Coding Strategies (SM) announces a partnership with DecisionHealth® 08/17/2011

Coding Strategies^SM, the leading specialty coding assessment and education provider, announced today a partnership with DecisionHealth^®, the leading source for health care news, analysis and instructional guidance to expand its online training offerings for physician practice managers, clinicians and administrative staff.

The partnership enables DecisionHealth to offer additional libraries to their expanding catalog of courses. New libraries will include:

• Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology
• Emergency Medicine
• Medical Oncology
• Pathology

"Offering our online training courses to DecisionHealth's customers is the logical next step in allowing more customers in the physician practice market full access the most up-to-date training available," says Melody Mulaik, President of Coding Strategies. "It's a win-win for each of us to ensure proper compliance and payment for physician services rendered."

"Meeting the needs of health care professionals continues to be our top priority. We understand that coding and billing competency is top of mind in the ever-changing economic and political climate where it's essential to earn and keep every dollar to which you are legally entitled," says Corinne Kuypers-Denlinger, Vice President of DecisionHealth. "I'm excited to partner with Coding Strategies to round out a more complete course offering."

For relevance, physician courses are offered either as part of specialty-specific curriculums or as stand-alone courses for targeted training.  Other specialty specific courses currently being offered are Radiation Oncology, Pain Management and Invasive Cardiology. And, most DecisionHealth courses carry pre-approved CEUs for easy compliance with maintenance of annual certification mandates.