Harmony Healthcare

Harmony Healthcare provides healthcare organizations with the talent and resources needed to succeed today as well as the foresight to prepare for tomorrow’s challenges. In this employee spotlight, we’re excited to highlight Leslie Collins, Outpatient QA Lead, Coding Solutions. We spoke with Leslie to share her advice for clients and coding professionals, as well as insights from her career journey. Tell us about your journey in healthcare? I started working in healthcare at an optometrist’s office, where I was first introduced to billing and coding. It was there that I fell in love with coding and decided to go back…

Cancer registries are no longer back-office data repositories. They are mission-critical infrastructure for modern oncology programs: supporting accreditation, informing treatment strategy, enabling research, and demonstrating program performance. Yet registry operations are under growing strain. Cancer incidence continues to rise. Treatment pathways are more complex. Reporting requirements expand each year. And the supply of qualified oncology data specialists has not kept pace. Traditional manual abstraction alone cannot meet today’s volume, complexity, and timeliness demands. To keep pace, healthcare organizations must modernize registry operations through AI-enabled workflows, interoperable data environments, and real-time reporting capabilities. When implemented effectively, technology does not replace registrars,…

Healthcare organizations operate in a constantly evolving environment—one where patient volumes fluctuate, regulations change, and reimbursement timelines remain tight. During periods of peak workload, even the most well-staffed coding departments can find themselves stretched thin. In these moments, contract medical coders can play a critical role in maintaining accuracy, compliance, and financial stability. Understanding when to bring in contract coders—and how to do so strategically—can help organizations stay ahead of backlogs without sacrificing quality. The Challenge of Peak Workloads in Medical Coding Peak workloads can arise for many reasons. Seasonal increases in patient volume, staff vacancies, extended leaves, system upgrades,…