You are the coding supervisor at a hospital that just increased its number of beds from 75 beds to 150 beds. The facility offers inpatient services, outpatient surgery, ancillary services, and emergency room services. As the volume increases with the increased bed capacity, you will have to increase the number of coders who are in your department. Currently there is only one coding job classificationHIM coder. This position is responsible for coding all services. You are evaluating this practice to determine if you will continue with the single job classification.

1. What would you recommend?
2. If you recommend more than one job classification, what would they be?
3. How would you divide the workload?

Respond to the questions that follow the case. Identify and justify at least two (2) job analysis tools from Sayles chapter 20 that you could use to assist with this decision.

Using these seven decision making process

1. Define the real problem following awareness of the symptoms.
2. Set criteria for making the decision while analyzing available information.
3. Generate relevant alternative solutions to the problem.
4. Analyze and evaluate these alternatives.
5. Select the best alternative for a solution.
6. Implement the chose alternative.
7. Monitor and evaluate the decision's effectiveness.