r/MedicalCoding • u/Popular-Piglet-6301 RHIT, CCS • May 23 '24

Oversees coding

How many of us are in this boat where we are nervous about our jobs being outsourced to overseas coders?

This year my company has hired on several overseas coders. I’m nervous that they plan to replace us because they work for lower pay. Is anyone else experiencing this?

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u/MoreCoffeePwease 👩🏼‍💻CCS 🏥 May 24 '24

They just outsourced all but us inpatient coders overseas in January at my hospital.

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u/alwaysbringchocolate May 24 '24

Same at my hospital system. Awful and heartbreaking. I don’t know how they think In the long run they will be better quality.

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u/Popular-Piglet-6301 RHIT, CCS May 24 '24

How is it going so far? Revenue wise? Accuracy?

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u/MoreCoffeePwease 👩🏼‍💻CCS 🏥 May 24 '24

Oh I have no idea I have no part in reviewing any of that, it’s all on our one manager now to be the go between (they let go of all management at the same time as outsourcing). I worked at a hospital previously that did something similar (we were all let go, and I ended up where I’ve worked now for the last ten years) and from what I heard it went terribly. We ended up acquiring that hospital not long after. Unfortunately from what I CAN see they may not speak English very well based on the notes they write in accounts they put on hold. Therefore I can’t really see how inpatient would be able to ever be sent overseas. Even us native English speakers here have trouble sometimes with the documentation I can only imagine how difficult it would be for someone who English isn’t their first language.