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Director

The IKS Health coders are definitely good. They're not perfect, but no one is. We have some unique...

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Director

For the most part, we're pretty happy with the offshore coding services from IKS Health. I do...

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Director

IKS Health was doing auditing and compliance work, but we could not find the value. The problem that...

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Director

Communication with IKS Health has been very good. The supervisors of the coders are really good. If...

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Director

I would definitely recommend IKS Health. They can do coding, auditing, and so on. IKS Health has...

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Director

IKS Health has an automatic price increase built into their contract, and today, it stings a bit. In...

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Director

IKS Health is learning our system for the first time. I don't think a lot of the firm's people are...

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Director

We need people who can understand technology and maybe correct some of those issues on their own, as...

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Director

I was very hesitant when we first went to offshore coding because there was a bit of a language...

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Director

The timing issue is sometimes a problem. If we need something coded right away or looked at, we...

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Director

IKS Health is very easy to work with. We have a pretty good partnership with them. The management is...

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Director

Technology is very important because there are so many changes. Security is even more important....

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Director

IKS Health has an exchange of coders that come in and out, and they are able to quickly get staff on...

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Director

We have a director of coding from IKS Health who is definitely well experienced, and they can help...

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Director

IKS Health is very affordable. We are happy with the fact that when IKS Health comes up for renewal,...

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Director

I would highly recommend IKS Health. Overall, the coding environment has been professional. The firm...

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Director

One thing that has always been an area of improvement for IKS Health is making sure that they...

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Director

IKS Health has a good team, and everybody is always kept abreast of everything. Every now and then,...

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Director

We have been using IKS Health for outsourced coding for so long, and the service works because we...

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Manager

From my perspective, IKS Health should not be part of our long-term plans. They are not providing...

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VP/Other Executive

Whenever any organization hires someone, they run a risk. Résumés and interviews are not always...

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VP/Other Executive

The value we really get from using IKS Health is that we have coding going on pretty much 24/7...

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VP/Other Executive

IKS Health meets expectations in our engagement. There is not really a gray area. They are working...

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Director

I struggle with IKS Health’s staff members, and that is partly due to the language barrier. However,...

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Director

When we have needed coding audits or documentation to support claim information, IKS Health has...

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Director

I don't think IKS Health has fully met our expectations, but they haven't fully missed them either.

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Director

If we went with IKS Health again, I would probably word our contract a little differently. Our...

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Director

As our contract has progressed with IKS Health, the level of onshore participation we were...

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Director

If I’m being really transparent, I would say that the only thing that keeps me from giving IKS...

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Director

IKS Health is consistent in sharing their quality scores with us regularly. They also meet with us...

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Director

IKS Health does really well. IKS Health meets all of our expectations. Two of the main metrics that...

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Director

I don't really think that there is anything that I don't like about IKS Health. Relationships are...

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Director

I always know that IKS Health’s goal is to exceed our expectations. I have no doubt that they want...

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Director

We like to see improvements in the communication of whether facilities are sending IKS Health what...

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Director

We have communicated things that we would like to see from IKS Health, and we aren't quite there yet...

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Manager

IKS Health is easy to work with. I have been using them for a little while now, and they essentially...

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Manager

Exceeding expectations means going above and beyond, and I would say that IKS Health is not doing...

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Manager

My view on offshoring outsourced coding services with IKS Health is mixed. From a business...

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Manager

The firm’s technology was very important in our decision to go with IKS Health. We placed a lot of...

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Manager

IKS Health is clearing things up almost daily now. Three months into the engagement, my answers...

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Manager

We have a person from IKS Health who is from the US and manages the offshore team. We do talk to the...

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Director

IKS Health is very easy to work with. Past contract coding companies have wanted a definitive...

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Director

I was very hesitant when we first started using offshore coders from IKS Health, mostly because of...

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Director

The time difference is the biggest problem that we have with IKS Health's offshore resources, and...

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Director

Having regular meetings with IKS Health helps in utilizing offshore resources. Email communication...

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Director

One of the benefits of using IKS Health's offshore resources is that they are readily available. We...

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Director

There have been times when something happened or services weren't up to snuff, and IKS Health didn't...

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Director

We sometimes have some issues with having to request that the consultants do things multiple times...

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Director

My sentiment toward offshoring is pretty positive. It is rough with the time difference and some...

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Director

IKS Health is very easy to work with. They are adaptable and professional, and they have good...

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Director

Regarding improvements, the only thing that comes to mind at the moment would be IKS Health’s...

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VP/Other Executive

IKS Health has learned about our application, and that is a huge positive for us. They are willing...

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VP/Other Executive

I can't think of anything that we have brought to IKS Health that hasn't been addressed really well....

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VP/Other Executive

IKS Health maintains high coding accuracy. Their leadership is very engaged with addressing any...

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Director

Coding was a service that we had in-house for years, and we wanted to make sure that the quality...

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VP/Other Executive

The offshore coders for IKS Health are very versatile. We are in a high-growth environment, and they...

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VP/Other Executive

IKS Health’s biggest strengths are their consistency, their scalability, and the quality of their...

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VP/Other Executive

IKS Health is dedicated to actually partnering with those they are serving and solving problems. The...

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VP/Other Executive

One of the firm's strengths is timeliness with giving feedback. So anytime we see a quality concern,...

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VP/Other Executive

The cost of the system's offshore coding is fantastic. It has helped us bridge budget concerns among...

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VP/Other Executive

There is a quality concern that comes with IKS Health Outsourced Coding. The firm audits their own...

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IKS Health is great to work with. They are very open to feedback. When I came on and started doing...

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The biggest pain point for me is that our range of specialties is niche, so we have to deal with...

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There is definitely room for improvement with how the firm executes, but they do fill a need that I...

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The firm works best under specific guidance. The more that we can give them to work off of, the...

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IKS Health is really great to work with. They have turned things around. They are always very quick...

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Manager

With the skill set of the offshore coders from IKS Health, we have to do quite a bit of training.

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VP/Other Executive

We have a positive relationship with IKS Health. IKS Health has some really slick tools that they...

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VP/Other Executive

We definitely get our money’s worth for the work that IKS Health does. They are very flexible; they...

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VP/Other Executive

IKS Health doesn’t exceed expectations. They specifically gave us a certain turnaround time, and we...

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VP/Other Executive

IKS Health speaks a lot in terms of FTEs, but we are focused totally on volume. We have tools in...

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Director

I have some reservations about saying I would use IKS Health for outsourced coding again because of...

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Director

We had some issues when IKS Health had a new coder who was taking significantly longer than one of...

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Manager

Recommending IKS Health would be tricky because if I recommended them, they might take a good coder...

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Manager

In the area that a certain coder works in, sometimes it can take a while for things to be scanned...

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Manager

We have worked with a very consistent coder, and we have built a good relationship and good...

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Manager

IKS Health is very comfortable with bringing a coder in on a call so that we can talk to them...

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Manager

I am not a huge fan of nondomestic coding in general. Basically, we were given no option but to use...

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Manager

We have used IKS Health for several years, and I have been very pleased overall. I would recommend...

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Manager

What makes IKS Health better than the average is that they have a very good support structure. IKS...

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Manager

If there is a problem, the firm is really good at finding a solution and trying to fix the problem....

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Manager

Some of the people from IKS Health who we worked with in the beginning didn't work out very well,...

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Manager

IKS Health's offshore coders have been great to work with. I have been very happy with them. I...

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VP/Other Executive

Coding guidelines are finicky. Any two coders who review something are going to have a difference of...

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VP/Other Executive

IKS Health is very good at driving the results we have contracted them to do. I have pressured them...

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VP/Other Executive

IKS Health does exceed expectations. They are much better than some other firms by comparison, but...

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VP/Other Executive

Working with IKS Health’s offshore team has been highly positive. They have been able to scale up...

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VP/Other Executive

When selecting an outsourced coding firm, the firm’s technology is not important to me, to be...

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CEO/President

The only thing that needs a little fine-tuning is that when IKS Health has questions on the coding...

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CEO/President

We do some regular internal audits of the firm, and the compliance between our coders and theirs is...

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CEO/President

One of IKS Health's strengths is their ability to respond to feedback. One of our groups thought...

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Director

In the past year, we have gone from having quality coders from IKS Health to fighting back and forth...

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Director

The firm used to be very good when they were AQuity Solutions. Since IKS Health acquired AQuity...

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