The Coding Network, LLC
Company History and Management
Company Background
The Coding Network, LLC was established in 1995 with the concept that accurate professional and facility coding plays a mission-critical role in today's healthcare providers' revenue cycle. Accurate coding is pivotal to improving reimbursement and is an essential component of compliance. The company's founders and owners, Mark Babst and Neal Green, have a combined 60+ years of experience in the medical billing and coding arena. After very successful careers in academic and private medical practice management and 19 years of successfully providing billing and coding services to prestigious academic centers via their prior company, they created The Coding Network in response to the expanding demand for the expert subspecialty coding required by Federal and state compliance regulations.
Our mission has been to become the premiere medical coding company in the United States. As such, our company and our coders play an important role in the accurate reimbursement for services provided our physician-clients. Each member of The Coding Network's team has a responsibility to our clients: We must put our clients' interest first, provide accuracy in coding, superior service, and always act with the highest level of integrity. We know we operate in a world of choice and our clients' expectations are exacting. Clients can easily accept or reject the performance of a company; they have the power to choose and to change. Consistent delivery of accurate coding in a timely manner is crucial to earning and keeping a physician's respect and business. When our clients win, so do our coders and our company. The Coding Network has the skills and experience to help our clients meet the challenges of an increasingly complex environment. Key to turning our vision into reality is putting the client at the center of everything. By effectively aligning our exceptionally skilled coders with our clients' clinical specialties and operational processes we offer our clients greater value, and ultimately meet-and-exceed their expectations.
We continue to enjoy success thanks to an exceptional staff of "best in class" coders and a carefully designed strategy of focused and measured growth. We are not diverted from our vision by creating new software applications, running a consulting practice, developing health informatics, providing billing-and-collecting services, or writing or selling electronic medical records. We'll leave that to others and stick to what we do best. We allow our clients to operate their practices without having to dedicate in-house personnel to the task of coding. Given this singular laser-like focus, we know our clients' unique day-to-day operations and how to help them keep pace with a dynamic environment. In spite of our growth, we still give each client the same level of attentive service and accuracy. Because of our commitment to accuracy and responsiveness, we are considered a trusted business partner by our clients.
When we first created The Coding Network, the landscape was very different. Fax machines using rolls of curly paper were considered "high tech." Scanners were found only on "Star Trek." Electronic medical records were faint glimmers in the eyes of think-tank planners. Computer assisted coding was a fantasy. Today's marketplace would have been unfathomable in 1995, but many important elements remain unchanged. Services need to be coded accurately to be properly paid. The CPT and ICD systems continue to define how coding is done and services are reported. EMR's and computer assisted coding still can not meet the OIG's requirement for 95% accuracy. The two major credentialling bodies –AHIMA and AAPC– are driven by membership dues, so they've certified tens of thousands of coders who can offer little more than the illusion of skills and competence. In spite of this, smart, skilled, single-specialty coding experts are even more valued today than back then, and they've powered our disciplined growth. Our focus on accuracy and service may be narrow, but our vision certainly isn't.
This approach works, and we have no intent to fix something that isn't broken. Our future depends on it.
