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1. COMPUTER ASSISTED CODING OF MEDICAL INFORMATION MARKET DESCRIPTION AND MARKET DYNAMICS 1-1 1.1 Healthcare Industry Largest Industry In The United States 1-1 1.1.1 Building a Safer Health System 1-2 1.1.2 Facilitating the Use of Technology in the Healthcare Industry 1-3 1.1.3 Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and Modernization Act 1-4 1.2 Medical Necessity and Medical Necessity Errors 1-5 1.3 Electronic Coding Technologies 1-6 1.3.1 Electronic Coding Integrated Database 1-6 1.4 Natural Language Solutions 1-8 1.4.1 State Of Language Technology Evaluation 1-10 1.5 Computerized Workflow System 1-11 1.5.1 Confidence Assessment Module 1-13 1.5.2 Researching Electronic Coding Products: 1-15 2. COMPUTER ASSISTED CODING OF MEDICAL INFORMATION MARKET SHARES AND MARKET FORECASTS 2-1 2.1 Computer Assisted Coding of Medical Information Market Driving Forces 2-1 2.1.1 Natural Language Computer Assisted Coding Medical Information Solutions 2-1 2.1.2 Natural Language Coding Solutions 2-2 2.1.3 Natural Language Computer Assisted Coding Market Shares 2-4 2.1.4 LingoLogix 2-6 2.1.5 A-Life Medical 2-9 2.1.6 CodeRyte 2-9 2.1.7 PLATOCODE Benefits 2-11 2.2 Worldwide, Number of Patients and Procedures 2-11 2.2.1 Worldwide, Computer Assisted Coding Market Forecasts 2-19 2.3 U.S., Number of Patients and Procedures 2-21 2.3.1 U.S. Computer Assisted Coding Market Forecasts 2-25 2.4 Number of U.S. Community Hospitals 2-27 2.4.1 Physician Coding Analysis 2-30 2.5 Electronic Coding for Physician Practices 2-32 2.5.1 A-Life Medical Fusion3 Advanced Practice Management System 2-34 2.5.2 3M Merging Quality With Reimbursement 2-34 2.6 Claims Scrubbers 2-35 2.6.1 3M APR DRG Software 2-35 2.6.2 CodeCorrect Capture Revenue and Maintain Compliance 2-35 2.6.3 Ingenix Rules Creation Manager 2-36 2.7 DRG/APC Groupers 2-37 2.8 Medical Necessity/Correct Coding Tools 2-37 2.8.1 3M Health Data Management System 2-37 2.9 Physician Electronic Medical Record (EMR) Systems 2-38 2.9.1 Physician Electronic Medical Record (EMR) Markets 2-38 2.9.2 Inpatient Procedures 2-41 2.10 Computer Assisted Coding Regional Analysis 2-47 3. COMPUTER ASSISTED CODING OF MEDICAL INFORMATION PRODUCTS 3-1 3.1 Natural Language Solutions Computer Assisted Coding of Medical Information 3-1 3.2 A-Life Medical Actus(TM) Application Suite 3-2 3.2.1 A-Life Medical Fusion³ Advanced Practice Management System Combining NLP Coding, Billing, and Document Management 3-5 3.2.2 A-Life Medical Products 3-8 3.3 CodeRyte 3-11 3.3.1 CodeRyte Data Mining Technology 3-12 3.3.2 CodeRyte Systems for Overcoming Documentation Shortfalls 3-13 3.3.3 CodeRyte Web-Based Coding Software Return on Investment 3-17 3.3.4 CodeRyte Coding Software Functions 3-19 3.3.5 CodeRyte Computer-Assisted Coding Solutions Targeted to Specialty Areas 3-22 3.3.6 CodeRyte CodeAssist Functions 3-23 3.3.7 CodeRyte CodeComplete Business Process Management 3-25 3.4 LingoLogix GoCode 3-26 3.4.1 LingoLogox Automated Coding 3-28 3.4.2 LingoLogox GoCode Computer Assisted Coding Products for the Healthcare Industry 3-32 3.5 PLATOCODE® Solution 3-35 3.5.1 PLATOCODE® Solution For Ambulatory Surgery 3-35 3.5.2 PLATOCODE® API 3-36 3.5.3 Communication Between 3rd-Party Applications And A PLATOCODE Server 3-36 3.6 Language and Computing: Ontology Assisted Solutions 3-37 3.6.1 Language and Computing Ontoloy Assisted Coding and its Benefit 3-38 3.6.2 Language and Computing Ontoloy Automated Coding 3-39 3.6.3 Language and Computing -- Ontology assisted Natural Language Processing 3-41 3.6.4 Language and Computing Natural Language Understanding 3-41 3.6.5 Language and Computing Mapping and Modeling Disparate Controlled Medical Vocabularies (CMVs); 3-42 3.7 Artificial Medical Intelligence 3-43 3.7.1 Artificial Medical Intelligence (AMI) EMscribe Dx 3-43 3.8 Electronic Coding for Physician Practices 3-46 3.8.1 A-Life Medical Fusion3 Advanced Practice Management System 3-46 3.8.2 3M 3-49 3.8.3 3M Merging Quality With Reimbursement 3-51 3.8.4 3M™ APR DRG Software 3-53 3.8.5 3 M Classification System For Patients 3-53 3.8.6 3M APR DRG Software 3-54 3.8.7 3M APR DRG Software Features: Versions 20 And 24 3-55 3.8.8 CodeCorrrect 3-57 3.8.9 CodeCorrrect Capture Revenue and Maintain Compliance 3-57 3.8.10 CodeCorrect knowledge 3-58 3.8.11 CodeCorrect Medical Necessity Verification and APC Performance Tools 3-58 3.8.12 Ingenix 3-59 3.8.13 Ingenix CPT® codes 3-60 3.8.14 Ingenix Medicare fee schedule 3-60 3.8.15 QuadraMed 3-62 3.9 Claims Scrubbers 3-62 3.9.1 Ingenix 3-62 3.9.2 Ingenix Claims Editing System 3-63 3.9.3 Ingenix Rules Creation Manager 3-64 3.9.4 3M™ Claim Scrubber 3-64 3.9.5 3M™ Edit Engine 3-66 3.9.6 3M APCfinder Software 3-69 3.9.7 3M Health Information Systems Adds Medical Necessity Validation To Your Coding Workflow 3-70 3.9.8 GE (TES – Transaction Editing System) 3-71 3.9.9 McKesson Horizon Practice Plus 3-72 3.9.10 McKesson HorizonWP Physician Portal 3-73 3.9.11 Craneware 3-78 3.9.12 Craneware Software 3-78 3.9.13 Athenahealth Medical Group Office Automation Subscription Services 3-80 3.9.14 athenaEnterpriseSM 3-81 3.10 DRG/APC Groupers 3-84 3.10.1 3M 3-84 3.10.2 GE Centricity Physician Office PM 3-85 3.10.3 EpicCare MobileMeds 3-87 3.10.4 Cerner Physician Large Group / Enterprise 3-87 3.10.5 Siemens Unity® Financials Registration And Billing Applications 3-90 3.10.6 QuadraMed Physician Solutions 3-94 3.11 Medical Necessity/Correct Coding Tools 3-95 3.11.1 3M Health Data Management System (Info-X) 3-96 3.11.2 McKesson 3-97 3.11.3 McKesson Horizon Practice Imaging 3-100 3.12 Physician Electronic Medical Record (EMR) Systems 3-102 3.12.1 NextGen EMR Physician Practice Electronic Medical Records System 3-102 3.12.2 Misys Mobile Practice Management 3-106 3.12.3 Meditech & LSS Medical and Practice Management (MPM) Suite 3-107 3.12.4 MDS Medical / Allscripts Electronic Health Records Software 3-110 3.12.5 MDS Medical TouchChart Rx+ Electronic Prescriptions Software 3-112 3.12.6 MDS Medical / Allscripts TouchChart™ EMR Software 3-112 3.12.7 GE (Centricity) 3-113 3.12.8 McKesson HorizonWP Physician Portal Modules 3-114 3.13 High-Performance Search & Match Software 3-115 3.13.1 WCC 3-115 4. COMPUTER ASSISTED CODING OF MEDICAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 4-1 4.1 Hybrid Technology 4-1 4.1.1 Computer Assisted Coding Engine 4-2 4.2 LingoLogix GoCode Technology 4-2 4.2.1 Accuracy And Specificity Of Retrieval 4-3 4.2.2 Lingo Engine Natural Language Programming (NLP) Vocabulary Processor 4-3 4.2.3 Robust Underlying Terminological Model And A Component Architecture 4-4 4.3 TeSSI® (Terminology Supported Semantic Indexing) 4-5 4.3.1 L&C’s LinkBase® Medical Ontology 4-6 4.3.2 Semantic Indexing With The TeSSI® Indexing Engine 4-7 4.3.3 Semantic Indexing Solution Automates The Indexing Process 4-7 4.3.4 Information Extraction with TeSSI® Extraction Engine 4-11 4.3.5 Semantic Search with TeSSI® Search Engine 4-14 4.4 Technology Requirements 4-16 5. COMPUTER ASSISTED CODING OF MEDICAL INFORMATION COMPANY PROFILES 5-1 5.1 3M Health Information Systems 5-1 5.2 Accuro / CodeCorrect 5-1 5.2.1 CodeCorrect 5-3 5.2.2 Revenue Cycle Management Tools Including Medical Coding Software Solutions 5-3 5.3 Artificial Medical Intelligence AMI 5-4 5.3.1 Artificial Medical Intelligence Computer Assisted Coding 5-4 5.4 A-Life Medical 5-6 5.4.1 Emory Healthcare / A-Life Medical 5-7 5.5 AHIMA Computer-Assisted Coding Software Standards Workshop 5-8 5.5.1 Collaborative Effort to Establish Standards For Computer-Assisted Coding Applications 5-10 5.5.2 American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) 5-11 5.5.3 athenahealth 5-13 5.6 CodeRyte 5-14 5.6.1 CodeRyte Web-Enabled Workflow 5-15 5.6.2 CodeRyte Technologies And Services 5-15 5.6.3 CodeRyte Customers 5-16 5.7 Craneware 5-19 5.8 Language and Computing 5-21 5.8.1 L&C Customers 5-21 5.8.2 L&C European Clients 5-22 5.8.3 L&C and Eclipsys 5-23 5.8.4 L&C First DataBank (UK) 5-23 5.8.5 L&C IDEWE (Belgium) 5-24 5.9 LingoLogix 5-26 5.9.1 University of Texas Medical Branch Electronic Health Network 5-29 5.9.2 Johns Hopkins University Signs Agreement for Production Use of GoCode 5-30 5.9.3 LingoLogox GoCode Mayo Clinic 5-30 5.9.4 University of Texas Medical Branch Electronic Health Network Pilots GoCode to Automate Coding Of Free Text Encounter Notes 5-31 5.10 MDS Medical 5-32 5.10.1 Medical Software and Services for the Medical Industry 5-32 5.11 PLATO 5-34 5.12 QuadraMed 5-34 5.13 Radiology Business Management Professionals (RBMA) 5-36 5.14 WCC 5-36 Table ES-1 ES-4 Electronic Coding Solution Market Driving Forces Table ES-2 ES-5 Electronic Coding Product Issues Table ES-3 ES-7 Worldwide Natural Language Computer Assisted Coding Software As A Hospital and Physician Services (SaaS) Market Shares, Dollars, 2006 Figure ES-4 ES-9 Worldwide, Computer Assisted Coding Market Forecasts, Dollars, 2007-2013 Figure ES-5 ES-12 Worldwide, Number of Procedures with Computer Assisted Coding, Market Forecasts, Number, 2007-2013 Table 1-1 1-7 Electronic Coding Integrated Database Issues Table 1-2 1-8 3M Medical Necessity Online Table 1-3 1-9 Natural Language Solutions System For Coding Table 1-4 1-12 Computerized Workflow System Systems Features Table 1-5 1-14 Confidence Assessment Module System Table 2-1 2-3 Electronic Coding Solution Market Driving Forces Table 2-2 2-4 Electronic Coding Product Issues Table 2-3 2-5 Worldwide Natural Language Computer Assisted Coding Software As A Hospital and Physician Services (SaaS) Market Shares, Dollars, 2006 Table 2-4 2-6 Worldwide Natural Language Computer Assisted Coding Software As A Hospital and Physician Services (SaaS) Market Shares, Dollars, 2006 Figure 2-5 2-7 U.S. Natural Language Computer Assisted Coding Software As A Hospital and Physician Services (SaaS) Market Shares, Dollars, 2006 Table 2-6 2-8 Worldwide Natural Language Computer Assisted Coding Software As A Hospital and Physician Services (SaaS) Market Shares, Dollars, 2006 Table 2-7 2-11 PLATOCODE® Computer Assisted Coding Solution Benefits Figure 2-8 2-12 Worldwide, Number of Patients, Market Forecasts, 2007-2013 Figure 2-9 2-13 Worldwide, Number of Patients With Digital Records, Market Forecasts, Dollars, 2007-2013 Table 2-10 2-14 Worldwide Natural Language Computer Assisted Coding Market Penetration, 2007-2013 Figure 2-11 2-15 Worldwide, Number of Procedures, Market Forecasts, 2007-2013 Figure 2-12 2-16 Worldwide, Number of Procedures with Computer Assisted Coding, Market Forecasts, Number, 2007-2013 Figure 2-13 2-18 Worldwide, Computer Assisted Coding, Percent Penetration, Market Forecasts, Percent, 2007-2013 Figure 2-14 2-19 Worldwide, Computer Assisted Coding Market Forecasts, Dollars, 2007-2013 Table 2-15 2-20 Worldwide Natural Language Computer Assisted Coding Market Forecasts, 2007-2013 Figure 2-16 2-21 U.S., Computer Assisted Coding Market Forecasts, Number, 2007-2013 Figure 2-17 2-22 U.S., Number of Physician Visits Market Forecasts, 2007-2013 Figure 2-18 2-23 U.S., Number of Patient Procedures, Market Forecasts, Number, 2007-2013 Figure 2-19 2-24 U.S., Number of Procedures With Computer Assisted Coding, Market Forecasts, Number, 2007-2013 Figure 2-20 2-25 U.S., Computer Assisted Coding, Percent Penetration, Market Forecasts, Percent, 2007-2013 Figure 2-21 2-26 U.S., Computer Assisted Coding, Market Forecasts, Dollars, 2007-2013 Table 2-22 2-27 U.S. Natural Language Computer Assisted Coding Market Forecasts, 2007-2013 Table 2-23 2-28 Total Number of U.S. Hospitals Table 2-24 2-30 Total Staffed Beds in U.S. Registered Hospitals Table 2-25 2-31 Physician Admissions Coding Price Variation Analysis Table 2-26 2-32 Physician Coding Price Variation Analysis Table 2-27 2-33 Advanced Practice Management System Benefits Table 2-28 2-42 US Number Procedures, 2003-2004 Table 2-29 2-44 US Number Procedures, 2003-2004 Table 2-30 2-45 US Computer Aided Coding Number Procedures, 2003-2004 Table 2-31 2-46 US Natural Language Computer Assisted Coding Market Penetration, 2007-2013 Table 2-32 2-48 Computer Assisted Coding Regional Market Segments, 2006 Table 2-33 2-49 Computer Assisted Coding Regional Market Segments, 2006 Table 3-1 3-2 Electronic Coding Solution Functions Table 3-2 3-4 A-Life Medical Actus(TM) Application Suite Functions Table 3-3 3-5 A-Life Medical Fusion³ Advanced Practice Management System Benefits Table 3-4 3-6 A-Life Medical Solutions Table 3-5 3-8 A-Life Medical Services Table 3-6 3-9 A-Life Medical Actus® Application Suite Table 3-7 3-9 A-Life Medical CoAudit™ Table 3-8 3-10 A-Life Medical has an active natural language NLP-Based Solutions Development Program Table 3-9 3-14 CodeRyte Systems for Overcoming Documentation Shortfalls Focus Table 3-10 3-15 CodeRyte Systems Topics Table 3-11 3-16 CodeRyte Systems Metrics Included For Computerized Coding Table 3-12 3-17 CodeRyte Web-Based Coding Software Return on Investment Metrics Table 3-13 3-18 CodeRyte Web-Based Coding Software Key Benefits Table 3-14 3-19 CodeRyte Coding Software Functions Table 3-15 3-20 CodeRyte Coding Software Features Table 3-16 3-22 CodeRyte Internet-Based Computer-Assisted Medical Coding Target Markets Table 3-17 3-24 CodeRyte CodeAssist Functions Table 3-18 3-25 CodeRyte CodeComplete Functions Table 3-19 3-30 LingoLogox GoCode - Benefits of Automated E&M Coding Table 3-20 3-32 LingoLogox GoCode Coding Benefits Figure 3-21 3-33 LingoLogix GoCode Benefits Table 3-22 3-34 LingoLogix GoCode Accuracy Table 3-23 3-38 Language and Computing Ontoloy Advantages Of Automating E/M Coding With LinkCode Table 3-24 3-40 Language and Computing Ontoloy OAIE Coding Algorithms Table 3-25 3-42 Language and Computing Mapping And Modeling Disparate Controlled Medical Vocabulary Functions Table 3-26 3-45 Artificial Medical Intelligence (AMI) Emscribe™ DX Benefits Table 3-27 3-48 A-Life Medical Fusion³ Advanced Practice Management System Functions Table 3-28 3-50 3M APR DRG Solutions Aspects Table 3-29 3-52 3M Applications For Severity- And Risk-Adjusted Data Table 3-30 3-54 3M Classification System Table 3-31 3-55 3M APR DRG Software Features Table 3-32 3-60 Ingenix Medicare fee schedule Table 3-33 3-65 Benefits of 3M Claim Scrubber Figure 3-34 3-66 How 3M Claim Scrubber Works Table 3-35 3-67 3M Claim Scrubber Claim Flow Table 3-36 3-68 3M Claim Scrubber Features Table 3-37 3-71 GE 2007 Medicare Reimbursement Information by Product Table 3-38 3-74 McKesson Horizon Physician Portal Benefits Table 3-39 3-75 McKesson Horizon Hospital Portal Benefits Table 3-40 3-77 McKesson Horizon Portal Benefits Table 3-41 3-81 athenaEnterprise Services Functionality Table 3-42 3-86 GE Centricity PM Features Table 3-43 3-89 Cerner physician enterprise application suite functions Table 3-44 3-91 Siemens Unity® Financials Registration And Billing Applications Key Features Table 3-45 3-92 Siemens Unity® Financials Transactions Within Workflows Functions Table 3-46 3-93 Siemens Unity support for organizational business goals Table 3-47 3-98 McKesson Horizon Practice Compliance Modules Table 3-48 3-99 McKesson Horizon Practice Compliance Module Benefits Table 3-49 3-100 McKesson Horizon Practice Imaging Module Benefits Table 3-50 3-103 NextGen EMR Physician Practice Electronic Medical Records System Benefits Table 3-51 3-106 NextGen EMR Functions Table 3-52 3-108 Meditech physician practice solution management Table 3-53 3-109 Meditech MPM Suite Suite Components Table 3-54 3-110 MDS Medical / Allscripts TouchChart Electronic Health Records Software Benefits Table 3-55 3-111 MDS Medical Electronic Health Record Benefits Table 3-56 3-112 MDS Medical / Allscripts TouchChart™ EMR Software Table 3-57 3-115 McKesson HorizonWP Physician Portal Module Benefits COMPUTER ASSISTED CODING OF MEDICAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Table 4-1 4-9 Semantic Indexing Benefits L&C’s LinkBase® Medical Ontology Figure 4-2 4-10 L&C’s LinkBase® Semantic Process Flow Index Component Medical Ontology Table 4-3 4-12 Information Extraction with TeSSI® Extraction Engine Functions Figure 4-4 4-13 L&C TeSSi Indexing L&C TeSSi Search Table 4-5 4-14 Resulting Template With Extracted Information Figure 4-6 4-15 Semantic Extraction by TeSSi Semantic Indexing by TeSSi COMPUTER ASSISTED CODING OF MEDICAL INFORMATION COMPANY PROFILES Table 5-1 5-5 Artificial Medical Intelligence Computer Assisted Coding Solution Benefits Table 5-2 5-9 AHIMA Computer-Assisted Coding Software Standards Directions Table 5-3 5-16 CodeRyte Overview Table 5-4 5-27 LingoLogix Automated Coding With GoCode Benefits

Companies Mentioned

LingoLogix CodeRyte 3M Health Information Systems Accuro / CodeCorrect Artifical Medical Intelligence AMI A-Life Medical AHIMA Computer-Assisted Coding Software Standards Workshop CraneWare Language & Computing MDS Medical PLATO QuadraMed WCC Radiology Business Management Professionals (RBMP)