National Press Club Event - Revolutionizing Health Care

PR Log (Press Release) – Aug 20, 2008 – On September 5th, Melinna Giannini, founder and CEO of Albuquerque based ABC Coding Solutions will join health care innovators at the National Press Club (NPC) in Washington, DC. Each panelist offers a practical solution to lower health care costs and expand access to quality care - solutions not being discussed by Congress or the Presidential candidates.  The NPC timed this event to occur as Congress goes back into session and just after the conclusion of the Democratic and Republican National Conventions to assure practical health care reform ideas are part of the national debate in the upcoming presidential election.

The code-set (ABC codes) and claim-filing system (ZipClaims.com) developed by Ms. Giannini’s company facilitates greater access to over 2.5 million non-physician practitioners – see chart below. The systems are recognized to lower costs and improve health care access by:

·   The American Nurses Association
·   Dr. Clayton Christensen – Harvard Business School
·   Dr. Carolyn Dean - nationally acclaimed author and physician
·   Alaska Medicaid – processed millions of payments and lowered costs by 50% using ABC codes
·   Dubai Health care City – using ABC codes to process claims in their emerging health care tourism program

Without ABC codes, only physicians have sufficient codes to bill insurance companies for their care.  This results in:

·   Overworked physicians
·   Underutilization of 2.5 million qualified health professionals
·   Over-utilization of emergency care centers
·   Increasing patient wait times – for both critical and routine care
·   Rising insurance premiums – that make health care unaffordable for many

These issues all contribute to the financial crisis in health care. Melinna will discuss how ABC Coding Solutions’ products and services help solve these problems.    

Other experts on the panel with Ms. Giannini:

Grace-Marie Turner, Founder and CEO of the Galen Institute

Phil Davis, Manager, Committees on Publication for The First Church of Christ, Scientist

Christine Filipovich, the Executive Director of the National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists


www.ABCcodes.com
www.ZipClaims.com

About ABC Coding Solutions

ABC Coding Solutions develops copyrighted codes and technology that fill critical information gaps in the healthcare industry. The company's ABC codes describe care provided by more than 2.5 million healthcare providers to facilitate management of the healthcare supply chain. ABC Coding Solutions' claim filing tool, www.ZipClaims.com, is the first system to route electronic or paper healthcare claims and specifically document non-physician interventions. The company also provides consulting for developing insurance plans and payment systems that enable greater access to qualified caregivers. Visit ABC Coding Solutions at www.ABCcodes.com.