INTERNATIONAL FDI, companies like Fazzi, who are looking to regionally locate are choosing Limerick because of the quality of the people, the connectivity with Europe via Shannon Airport and opportunities available.
That is according to the founder and managing partner of Fazzi Healthcare Services, the latest US MedTech company to announce the creation of new jobs in the region.
Specialising in medical coding and billing, Fazzi Healthcare Services will rollout 300 new jobs over the next five years in a project managed by the IDA with a number of supporting agencies.
However, it was the quality of the people in Limerick and the calibre of graduates emerging which drew Dr Robert Fazzi to the Mid West.
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The firm’s founder made his comments as Fazzi Healthcare Services confirms the set up of its Irish based coding and healthcare services company in Limerick, creating 300 jobs over five years.
The project is supported by the Department of Jobs, Enterprise & Innovation through IDA Ireland.
Medical coding, a regulated process is the transformation of healthcare diagnoses, treatments, procedures, outcomes and services into universal medical alphanumeric codes, known as ICD. It is the international standard used for health information purposes in primary, secondary, tertiary and public health settings. The process is defined by the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) and overseen by the World Health Organisation (WHO).
Most countries, including Ireland, utilize the ICD process with the majority using the current ICD-10 edition. This latest edition contains codes for diseases, signs and symptoms, abnormal findings, complaints, social circumstances and external causes of injury or disease.
The new Irish company has already begun providing ICD-10 coding services to the US homecare and hospice sector. Additionally, expansion plans are in the works to add billing and distance learning offerings for International-based insurance companies and governmental healthcare entities.
Founded in 1978, parent company Fazzi Associates is headquartered in Northampton, Massachusetts. The company also operates in the areas of consulting, education, benchmarking and research. It operates through two additional sites in India.
