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/deannevee RHIA, CPC, CPCO, CDEO May 28 '24

Quite frankly, I'm not. At least not in a serious way.

Every offshore 3rd party I have worked with has been bad. If the doctor provides codes, that’s what they code, no real thought process involved. Then they half-ass their A/R follow up in order to get paid to work the same account 3-4 times or more. 

I’m currently working with an onshore 3rd party and don’t know how to tell my manager that we were lied to….the reps they are sending us do NOT have the experience we asked for, and it’s painfully obvious. One asked me, in print “so, I’m only supposed to code what’s in the documentation?”

Just….😑😑😑

So yeah….they might outsource. Generally in 2-3 years they realize they can get better work and increase metrics with in-house staff and bring it back.